Dates

Event

1945

Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de Terre with s/n PG657.

20 July 1951

To Etat/Ministere Des Armees/Etat Major Armee de L Air, Paris, Centre with new c/r F-BGDN (Tiger Moth Dh 82 A, PG-657).
Based at Le Blanc.

1 September 1971

Civil registration, F-BGDN, cancelled.

Circa 1972

To unknown owner with c/r N657DH (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, PG657).

1978

Photographer: Danny Tanner

14 July 1985

Crashed.
There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at the Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) Ames, IA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The owner had given the pilot permission to fly the aircraft the pilot elected to take a passenger in the front seat. After the accident, the pilot stated that he was making a high speed taxi run on the grass on the right side of the runway...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

4 October 1988

Civil registration, N657DH, cancelled.

From 27 October 1988 to 20 December 1988

To Lawrence John Rice with new c/r G-AGPK.

From 20 December 1988 to 22 May 1998

To Philip David Castle keeping c/r G-AGPK.

From 22 May 1998 to 21 March 2005

To Biztig Ltd keeping c/r G-AGPK.

From 21 March 2005 to 3 October 2008

To Aviation Ventures Ltd keeping c/r G-AGPK.

From 3 October 2008 to 7 January 2010

To Michael Geoffrey Collins keeping c/r G-AGPK.

7 January 2010

To Trevor Keith Butcher, Lilac Cottage, Beaumont, Clacton-On-Sea keeping c/r G-AGPK.

8 July 2017

Photographer: Mike Powney
Notes: 1945 Morris Motors built de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, pleasure flying at Duxford during Flying Legends 2017

4 June 2019

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Duxford D-Day Show