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Mosquito Mk. 40/A52-1053
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Serial #: A52-1053
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  FB Mk. 40
  T Mk. 43
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2002
 History:
De Havilland Australia, Bankstown, 19??.
- Initially started as FB Mk. 40 as A52-19.
- Modified to T Mk. 43 and given serial number A52-1053.
Delivered to RAAF as A52-1053.
- BOC: Aug. 6, 1946.
- Stored in No. 3 Aircraft Depot, Archerfield, Queenstown.
Delivered to RNZAF as NZ2305.
- BOC: Dec. 18, 1946.
- Allocated to 75 Squadron, April 1, 1947.
- Surplussed, circa 1952.
Robin Coleman, Marton, NZ, circa 1952.
Museum Of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ, 1964-2002.
- Under restoration.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
www.mossie.org
 Photo Source(s):
None.