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Serial #: AB910 Construction #: CBAF.1061 Civil Registration: G-AISU Model: LF Mk. Vb Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Built at Castle Bromwich, 1941. Delivered to RAF as AB910, 1941. - Assigned to 222 Squadron, Aug. 22, 1941. - Subsequently serving with 130 Sqn, 133 (Eagle) Sqn, 416 Sqn (RCAF), No. 3501 Support Unit, 402 Sqn (RCAF), 53 OTU, 527 Sqn, and the RWE. - Transferred to 29 MU on May 30, 1945. -- Put into storage. Grp. Capt. Allen H. Wheeler, Oct. 25, 1946-1955. - Registered as G-AISU - Flew as race #82. Vicker-Armstrong Ltd., Weybridge, May 1955-1965. - Donated to RAF, Sept. 1965. RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight, Sep. 15, 1965-2002. - Flew in movie "Battle Of Britain", 1968. - Damaged during landing, Duxford, June 1976. - Badly damaged in ground collision with Harvard, Bex Switzerland, Aug. 21, 1978. - Rebuilt and returned to Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight, Oct. 26, 1981. - Flew as AB910/AE-H. - Restored to airworthy, Audley End. - First flight, Mar. 3, 1997 as AB910/XR-A. - Currently flown as AB910/C-ZD. |
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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. Photo Source(s): Dave McDonald. Unknown. |
