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Serial #: TV959 Construction #: - Civil Registration: None Model: T Mk. 3 Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Built at Leavesdon in 1945. Delivered to RAF as TV959. - BOC: Aug. 29, 1945. - SOC: May 31, 1963. - Accepted by 13 OTU at Middleton St. George. -- Coded KQ-G. - Transferred to No 266 Squadron, Oct. 31, 1946. - Transferred to 54 OTU at Eastmore, April 24, 1947. - Transferred to 228 OCU at Leeming, May 17, 1947. - Transferred to 22 MU at Silloth, Sept. 20, 1950. -- Maintained and stored. - Transferred to 204 Advanced Flying School, July 15, 1951. -- Damaged, repaired by Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Sywell. - Transferred to 27 MU at Shawbury, Feb. 6, 1952. - Transferred to Home Command Examination Unit at White Waltham, May 15, 1952. - Transferred to 49 MU, Aug. 20, 1953. - Transferred to 27 MU, Nov. 16th, 1964. - Transferred to Home Command Examination Unit at White Waltham, Dec. 16, 1955. - Transferred to Fighter Command Communications Squadron, 19??. - Transferred to 3 CAACU at Exeter, coded "Y", April 30, 1959-1963. - Loaned to Film Aviation Services, Elstree, 1963. -- Used in movie "633 Squadron" for ground and cockpit scenes. -- Marked as MM398/HT-P. Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London, Aug. 1963-1988. - Displayed as TV959/AF-V. - Starboard wing removed, hung from wall. Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 1989-1991. - Stored. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Aug. 1992-2002. - Under restoration. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. www.mossie.org Photo Source(s): Dave McDonald. |
