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Event |
1945 |
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Constructed as a Mosquito T.III by de Havilland at Leavesden. |
29 August 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n TV959. |
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Transferred to 13 OTU, Middleton Saint George.
Operated with markings: KQ G |
31 October 1946 |
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Transferred to No. 266 Squadron. |
24 April 1947 |
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Transferred to 54 OTU, Eastmore. |
20 September 1950 |
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Transferred to 22 MU, Silloth. |
15 July 1951 |
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Transferred to 204 Advanced Flying School. |
15 May 1952 |
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Transferred to 7 MU, Shawbury.
For Storage. |
1958 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
3 April 1959 |
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Transferred to 3 CAACU, Exeter.
Operated with markings: Y |
31 May 1963 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
Circa 1963 |
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Loaned to Film Aviation Services.
TV959 was used for the cockpit and ground sequences of the film - 633 Squadron - at Bovingdon where it was coded HT-P and given the serial MM398. |
From Circa 1963 to 1988 |
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To Imperial War Museum.
Markings added: AF-V
Following Completion of Filming, TV959 was Allocated to the Imperial War Museum for Preservation. |
From 1992 to 2002 |
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To The Fighter Collection, Duxford. |
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In the inventory of Flying Heritage Collection/Paul Allen, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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2015 |
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Contracted to Avspecs Limited, Ardmore Airport, Auckland, Auckland, North Island for work on the airframe.
Under restoration.
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Restoration started. |
5 August 2016 |
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To AVspecs Limited, Manukau with new c/r ZK-FHC. |
26 September 2016 |
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First post-restoration Flight.
At Ardmore, North Island, New Zealand - making it now 3 Airworthy Mosquito aircraft worldwide. |
3 November 2016 |
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Civil registration, ZK-FHC, cancelled. |
Circa 22 February 2017 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N959TV (DH 98 MOSQUITO T III, TV959) issued. |
22 February 2017 |
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To Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle, WA with new c/r N959TV. |
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In the inventory of Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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27 April 2017 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX959TV (DH 98 MOSQUITO T III, TV959) issued. |
2 February 2018 |
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To Vulcan Aircraft Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N959TV. |
21 July 2018 |
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Photographer: Gary Maisack
Notes: Flying at Skyfair 2018, Paine Field, WA |
8 October 2019 |
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Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at Everett-Paine Field, Washington, U.S.A. |
3 March 2023 |
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To Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA keeping c/r N959TV. |
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