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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver AL.1
    Last Military Serial:XP772 AAC
    Construction Number:1442
    Last Civil Registration:G-DHCZ
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver AL.1 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:the Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Beaver AL.1.

    11 January 1961

    First flight.

    13 February 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n XP772.

    By 1981

    Transferred to Air Engineering Training Wing, AAC, Middle Wallop.

    By 1982

    To The Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop Airfield, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England.
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    From 1984 to 1990

    To Museum of Army Transport, Beverley.

    23 March 1992

    To AAC Historic Aircraft Flight with new c/r G-BUCJ.

    From 23 March 1992 to 11 February 1998

    Based at AAC Historic Aircraft Flight, Middle Wallop Airfield, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England.
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    From By 1995 to After 2005

    At the Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford (stored).

    From 11 February 1998 to 2 March 2006

    To British Aerial Museum and Propshop Ltd, Duxford Airfield, Duxford keeping c/r G-BUCJ.

    2 March 2006

    To Propshop Ltd, Duxford Airfield, Duxford, Cambridge with new c/r G-DHCZ.

    Based at Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    By 2014

    Operated by the Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford.

    13 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    13 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    13 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford Autumn Airshow

    19 July 2015


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: RAF Fairford, UK
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Wrecks and Relics
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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