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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-84 Dragon / DH-89 Dragon Rapide
    Latest Model:DH-89A Dragon Rapide
    Last Military Serial:X7344 RAF
    Construction Number:6517
    Last Civil Registration:G-AGJG
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-89A sn X7344 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a DH-89A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n X7344.

    25 October 1943

    To Scottish Airways with new c/r G-AGJG.

    1 February 1947

    To British European Airways keeping c/r G-AGJG.

    14 October 1948

    To Meditteranean Air Services keeping c/r G-AGJG.

    19 June 1953

    To unknown owner.

    From 1953 to 1986

    Thirteen ownership changes during this period.

    1953

    To Adie Aviation keeping c/r G-AGJG.
    David Shrimpton comments (11 April 2024): In 1953 the aircraft was registered to Adie Aviation and for 5 shillings (25 new pence) you could take a pleasure flight from London Airport (before it became known as Heathrow) The flights would only take about 20 minutes and it circled around the West London area.

    27 September 1976


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: In the Summer of 1976 this Dragon Rapide was hangered at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford having arrived there on 17 August 1975. Ownership was taken by Emanuel Wein on 3 January 1976.

    Circa 1980


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: Circa 1980 photo at Duxford

    From 3 January 1984 to 20 March 1986

    To Emanuel Wein keeping c/r G-AGJG.

    20 March 1986

    To Mark John Miller, Orwell, Royston, David James Tempest Miller, Orwell, Royston keeping c/r G-AGJG.

    Based at Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    4 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Sywell in the UK

    6 June 2021


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: At the Flying Festival of Britain Airshow, Old Warden.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    David Shrimpton
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