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Serial #: A52-319 Construction #: DH.3236 Civil Registration: VH-WAD Model(s): FB Mk. 40 PR Mk. 41 Name: None Status: Static Display Last info: 2002 |
History: De Havilland Australia, Bankstown, 19??. - Initially started as FB Mk. 40 as A52-210. - Modified to PR Mk. 41 and given serial number A52-319. Delivered to RAAF as A52-319. - BOC: Feb. 18, 1948. - SOC: March 20, 1953. Captain James Woods, Perth, WA, March 20, 1953-1969. - Delivered to Perth Sept. 10, 1953 for London to Christchurch Air race, Entry Withdrawn. - Registered as VH-WAD, Sept. 23, 1953. Certificate of Airworthiness suspended and removed from registry, Oct. 12, 1953. - Stored in hanger, Perth Airport, WA, 1953-1963. - Loaned to Air Force Association, Perth Airport, Ja. 1963-1967. -- Displayed. Became derelict, moved to airport dump, July 1967-1969. James A. Harwood, Perth, WA, Jan. 1969. - Fuselage badly damaged during dismantling, Jan. 8, 1969. - Stored dismantled in warehouse, Perth, WA, Jan. 1969-1972. Ed A. Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NJ, 1969. David M. Kubista, Tucson, AZ, June 1971. - Crated aboard SS Manora, from Freemantle, May 23, 1972. - Stored Port Melbourne, pending transit to USA, 1972-1979. Auctioned to recover shipping costs, Jan. 22, 1979. Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Jan. 22, 1979-2002. - Restored to static display. |
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
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