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Bureau #: AE841 Construction #: 4184 Civil Registration: None Model: Mk. II Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2002 |
History: Built for Royal Air Force as AE841, 19??. Delivered to Accra by Pacific Army Air Force (PAAF), August 24, 1942. Transferred to South African AF as 6066, May 25, 1943. - 29 Sqdn SAAF February 1945 - 3AD (air depot) November 1945 - 15AD, Snake Valley, RSA and Struck off Charge W. Frewen, Saxonwold, South Africa, 1951-1978. - Stored derelict on farm. South African AF Museum, Snake Valley AB, 1978-1994. - Stored in open. South African Museum, Swartkop AB, 1994-2002. - Stored in open. - Oldest Ventura airframe in existence |
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Anthony T. Jarvis - Ventura Memorial Flight Association |
Photo Source(s): Anthony T. Jarvis - VMFA |
