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Serial #: FM213 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: C-GVRA Model(s): B Mk. X Mk. 10(MR) Victory Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RCAF as FM213. - BOC: Aug. 21, 1946. - SOC: June 30, 1964. Displayed on pole as VR-A, Goderich, Ontario, June 14, 1964-1979. Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, Ontario, 1977-2002. - Registered as C-GVRA, Sept. 1, 1988. - Airlifted by helicopter to Hamilton, Nov. 5, 1979. - Restored to airworthy. - First flight Sept. 11, 1988. - Flown as KB726/VR-A. - Minor damage in hanger fire, Hamilton, Feb. 15, 1993. -- repaired. - Damaged in ground collision with CWH C-47, July 21, 2002. -- Suffered prop damage. -- Repaired and returned to air by August 2002. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Jim Buckel. Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002 |
