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Serial #: HR339 Construction #: - Civil Registration: None Model: FB Mk. VI Name: None Status: Remains Last info: 2002 |
History: Built by Standard Motors, Coventry, 19??. Delivered to RAF as HR339, 1944. - Allocated to No 487 (New Zealand) Squadron, Throney Island, Nov. 23, 1944. Delivered to RNZAF as NZ2382, 1947. - Ferried from Perry, UK to Wigram, New Zealand, departing Oct. 16, 1947. - Eventually became an instructional airframe. - Up for disposal, Woodbourne AB, 1955. -- Wore markings from 75 Squadron/YC-C. Bruce Goodwin, Pigeon Bay, New Zealand, 1955-1972. - Dismantled. - Nose given to neighbor for childrens playground. - Fuselage rotted , remainder of airframe and wings stored. Philip & David Ferguson, 1972. - Recovered aircraft from Goodwin. Ferrymead Aeronautical Society, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1972-2002. - Substantial remains. - Wings & undercarriage used in rebuild of TE758/NZ2328. |
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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. www.mossie.org. Photo Source(s): None. |
