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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-153 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA0154
    Last Civil Registration:N82AZ
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn A17-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Delaware Aviation Museum, Sussex County Airport, Georgetown, Delaware

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1940

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-153.

    4 November 1940

    Transferred to 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond.

    10 March 1950

    To Aero Service (Pty) Ltd, Maylands with new c/r VH-BLK.

    2 May 1950

    To Frederick C Borgward, Wyalkatchem, WA keeping c/r VH-BLK.

    17 March 1952

    To Rev John F OSullivan, Port Hedland, WA keeping c/r VH-BLK.

    9 May 1955

    To Scientific Spraying Service, Perth. WA keeping c/r VH-BLK.

    8 June 1961

    To Basil Taylor and Co Pty Ltd, Perth with new c/r VH-BTW.

    5 November 1962

    To Agricultural and General Aviation Pty Ltd, Maylands keeping c/r VH-BTW.

    29 May 1963

    To Peter J Dempster, Grass Valley, WA with new c/r VH-AMD.

    1966

    To Desmond R Higgins, Geraldton, WA keeping c/r VH-AMD.

    21 March 1969

    To Harvey Gilmore Pearce, Victor Harbour, SA keeping c/r VH-AMD.

    5 December 1969

    To Stanley T Reeves, Montevideo, MN with new c/r N1244T.

    11 December 1971

    Certificate of airworthiness for N82AZ issued.

    29 March 1978

    To Hammarback Aviation, Ada, MN keeping c/r N1244T.

    25 January 1983

    To Raymond M (Mike) Jackson, Colorado Springs, CO keeping c/r N1244T.

    17 June 1998

    To John H Burson III, Carrollton, GA keeping c/r N1244T.

    8 August 2001

    To John H Burson III, Carrollton, GA with new c/r N82AZ.

    14 March 2005

    To Michael Carns Pebble Beach, CA. C with new c/r N82AZ.

    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for N82AZ (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, A17-153) issued.

    27 July 2019

    To Michael Carn, Pebble Beach, CA keeping c/r N82AZ.

    20 February 2023

    To Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation, Georgetown, DE keeping c/r N82AZ.

    Based at Delaware Aviation Museum, Sussex County Airport, Georgetown, DE.
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    1 September 2023


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: Antique Airplane Association National Fly-in at, Antique Airfield [IA27], Blakesburg, IA

    7 October 2023


    Photographer: Alex Rodriguez
    Notes: Georgetown DE
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