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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-59 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA56
    Latest Owner or Location:Tauranga Airport, Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II by de Havilland Australia.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-59.

    To Tauranga Airport, Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island.
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    Markings Applied: 59

    7 April 2015


    Photographer: Mark Pattenden
    Notes: Languishing in Aero Pacific Coatings hangar since 2005 at Tauranga,the owner Kim Thomson has finally finished a long term restoration project of a former 1940 R,A,A,F DH82A Tiger Moth A17-59 which was written off in 1940 and used as a Christmas tree to keep other Tigers flying during training of pilots in Australia at Tamworth. Years later it passed on to various ownership starting to restore but in 2005 Kim took ownership and transported it back to New Zealand to one day fly again.Kim will provide further info in the coming weeks and is up for sale in New Zealand for $NZ159.000,ZK-AGN is reserved for the machine
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