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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:DH-82C Tiger Moth
    Last Military Serial:5966 RCAF
    Construction Number:1269
    Last Civil Registration:N3758U
    Compressed ID:deHavilland Canada DH-82C sn 5966 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Iowa Aviation Museum, Greenfield Municipal Airport, Greenfield, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DH-82C by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    6 December 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 5966.

    6 December 1941

    Assigned to No. 4 Training Command, RCAF Lincoln Park, Calgary for storage.

    30 December 1941

    Transferred to No. 33 Elementary Flying Training School, Caron, SK.

    1 March 1943

    Transferred to M and C Aviation, Prince Albert, SK.

    1 March 1943

    Was sent to M and C Aviation for overhaul but then overhaul cancelled and was to be delivered to No.2 Training Command.

    5 April 1943

    Transferred to No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg.

    26 February 1944

    Assigned to No. 8 Repair Depot, Neepawa, MB for storage.
    Reported with 1187:25 total time, never overhauled.

    10 May 1944

    Transferred to No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg.
    Pending disposal still at No.8 Repair Depot.

    1 December 1944

    Transferred to No. 2 Air Command.
    Pending disposal still at No.8 Repair Depot.

    16 February 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
    To war assets for disposal.

    By May 1980

    To unknown owner with c/r N3758U.

    6 May 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX3758U (DH 82A, 1269) issued.

    5 January 1990

    To Antique Preservation Association, Greenfield, IA keeping c/r N3758U.

    Based at Iowa Aviation Museum, Greenfield Municipal Airport, Greenfield, IA.
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    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX3758U (DH 82A, 1269) issued.

    13 November 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    13 November 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    This aircraft is supposedly a composite of VH-POL and VH-WOG, claiming a previous RAAF identity as DH-82A A17-180.
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    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Glenn Chatfield
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