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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-4B Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:43-0681 USAAF
    Construction Number:9542
    Last Civil Registration:G-AXGP
    Compressed ID:Piper L-4B sn 43-0681 USAAF cn 9542...
    Latest Owner or Location:David Richard Puleston, Cambridge

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-4B by Piper.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-0681.

    29 January 1944

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged taxying at Kings Cliffe whilst with 67th Fighter Wing.

    18 July 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.
    Condemned.

    30 July 1947

    To Picardie with new c/r F-BDTM (Piper Pa L-4b, 9542).
    Based at Beauvais Tille.

    5 May 1955

    Civil registration, F-BDTM, cancelled.
    Destroyed.

    New construction number, 9542-B, assigned to the airframe.

    From 5 May 1955 to 26 March 1969

    To unknown owner with c/r F-BGPS.

    26 March 1969

    To Ronald Miller Long, Romford, Essex with new c/r G-AXGP.

    5 November 1973

    To William Butler, Reading, Berkshire keeping c/r G-AXGP.

    19 April 2002

    To Keenair, Speke Airport, Liverpool keeping c/r G-AXGP.

    16 December 2003

    To John Robert Howard, Fleetwood, Lancashire keeping c/r G-AXGP.

    6 June 2006

    To Louisa Jane Brinkley, Shefford keeping c/r G-AXGP.

    27 January 2010

    To Adrian Paul Acres, Crawley, Sussex keeping c/r G-AXGP.
    Markings added: 3681

    8 June 2019


    Photographer: Alan Wilson
    Notes: Present at the - L-Birds Back To Normandy - event at Saint Andre de L Eure airfield, to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

    26 November 2020

    To David Richard Puleston, Cambridge keeping c/r G-AXGP.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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