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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:Chipmunk T.10
    Last Military Serial:WG323 RAF
    Construction Number:C1-0395
    Last Civil Registration:N323WG
    Latest Owner or Location:Durashok Llc, Livingston, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a Chipmunk T.10.

    30 April 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WG323.

    By June 1979

    Transferred to Basic Fixed Wing Flight of the Army Air Corps, Middle Wallop, Hampshire.

    27 March 1997

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

    2 June 1997

    To Aircraft Restorations Limited, Duxford, Cambridge with new c/r G-BXHS.

    21 November 1997

    Civil registration, G-BXHS, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    12 December 1997

    To Anthony Atton, Victoria, BC with new c/r C-CBRW.

    12 December 1997

    To Anthony R Atton, Courtenay, BC with new c/r C-GBRW.

    4 July 2002

    To Anthony R Atton, Courtenay, BC with new c/r C-GBRW.

    30 May 2006


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: This Chipmunk departed Fantasy Island and now resides in the US

    Based at British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria Airport (formerly Patricia Bay Airport), Victoria, BC.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: ARMY, WG323, F

    23 July 2010

    Civil registration, C-GBRW, cancelled.
    Exported to the United States.

    Circa 26 July 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N323WG (DHC-1, C1-0395) issued.

    26 July 2010

    To John P. Geyman, Friday Harbor, WA with new c/r N323WG.

    28 July 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX323WG (DHC-1, C1-0395) issued.

    12 August 2010


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2010 photo at Victoria BC

    24 May 2017

    To Durashok Llc, Livingston, TN keeping c/r N323WG.

    12 October 2017

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Polk County Airport-Cornelius Airport (4A4) Cedartown, GA, United States. The damage was substantial. According to the pilot in the experimental, tailwheel-equipped airplane, when the tailwheel touched down during the landing roll, the right wing lifted and the airplane veered to the left. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and continued about 100 feet down sloping terrain where it came to rest upright...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 12 October 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N323WG.

    12 October 2017

    Involved in an incident.
    Badly damaged during landing incident at Polk County airport - pilot and passenger uninjured.

    By 12 October 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N323WG.

    26 August 2020

    Civil registration, N323WG, cancelled.


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