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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:DH-82C Tiger Moth
    Last Military Serial:8865 RCN
    Construction Number:1667
    Last Civil Registration:N667EA
    Compressed ID:deHavilland Canada DH-82C sn 8865 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:EAA Aviation Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a DH-82C by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    14 May 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 8865.

    14 May 1942

    Assigned to No. 1 Training Command, Toronto for storage.

    29 May 1942

    Transferred to No. 12 Technical Detachment.

    9 June 1942

    Transferred to No. 3 Training Command, Trenton, ON.

    4 August 1942

    Transferred to No. 3 Flying Instructors School/No. 3 TC, Arnprior, ON.

    By November 1942

    Transferred to No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Mount Hope Airport (Hamilton), ON.

    6 November 1942

    Damaged.
    No information given as to type accident or damaged incurred.

    15 December 1943

    Transferred to Saint Maurice Aircraft.
    For overhaul.

    4 February 1944

    Assigned to No. 3 Training Command, Trenton, ON for storage.
    Noted with 1463:50 total time, 294:50 since overhaul.

    22 February 1944

    Transferred to No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School, Windsor Mills, QC.

    3 August 1944

    Transferred to No. 302 Aircraft Holding Unit, Windsor Mills, QC.
    Pending disposal.

    15 January 1945

    No.3 Training Command reorganized as No.1 Air Command; still pending disposal.

    27 July 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
    To War Assets Corporation.

    27 July 1945

    To Royal Canadian Flying Club Association, Ottawa.

    3 December 1945

    To Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa with new c/r CF-CJH.

    4 May 1948

    To Canadian Commercial Corp, Ottawa.

    17 May 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Navy with s/n 8865.

    17 May 1948

    Transferred to School of Naval Air Maintenance, Dartmouth, NS.

    12 July 1948

    Civil registration, CF-CJH, cancelled.

    July 1949

    Assigned to School of Naval Air Maintenance, Dartmouth, NS for storage.
    Stored dismantled.

    By 1953

    Transferred to Fleet Requirement Unit 743, Dartmouth, NS.
    For ground training.

    Circa July 1954

    Aircraft reassemble and used for familiarization flights and as station hack, coded VG-TFA. RCAF serial, postwar roundels, and code probably marked at this time. Photos confirm RCAF serial marked during this period.

    July 1957

    Transferred to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation.

    30 July 1957

    To Jacques Savoie, Schefferville, QC.

    19 November 1957

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Navy.

    7 January 1958

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-IVO.

    20 August 1958

    To Rev John William McGillivray, RCAF Summerfield, PE keeping c/r CF-IVO.

    12 May 1961

    To Edward Farrell, RCAF Summerside, PE keeping c/r CF-IVO.

    18 May 1961

    To John W. McGillivray and Edward E Farrell, RCAF Summerside, PE keeping c/r CF-IVO.

    28 June 1963

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-IVO.

    17 July 1963

    To John William McGillivray, RCAF Chatham, NB keeping c/r CF-IVO.

    August 1965

    To EAA Air Education Museum, Franklin, WI.
    Donated by Mr. McGillivray.

    By July 1979


    Photographer: Bud Markel

    2 November 1984

    Civil registration, CF-IVO, cancelled.

    11 October 1990

    To EAA Aviation Foundation Inc, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N667EA.

    11 October 1990

    Based at EAA Airventure Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    From October 2003 to By 2010

    Transported by ground.
    Trucked to Mike Williams, Columbus, Indiana for rebuild.

    From October 2003 to By 2010

    Restored.

    25 August 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 August 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Oshkosh Museum

    28 October 2013

    Civil registration, N667EA, cancelled.

    To EAA Aviation Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    25 July 2018


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: At Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) Oshkosh, WI


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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Air Britain
    Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource by Canadian Warplane Heritage
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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