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    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:O-59A Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:236657 AdT
    Construction Number:8781
    Last Civil Registration:G-BGSJ
    Latest Owner or Location:Mark Alexander Vernon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an O-59A by Piper.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-36657.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de Terre with s/n 236657.

    To unknown owner with c/r N46454.

    27 August 1953

    To AERO CLUB of VIENNA, AERODROME of VIENNE REVENTIN with c/r F-BGXJ.

    21 May 1979

    To David John Elliot, Ramsdell, Hampdhire with c/r G-BGSJ.
    Operated with markings: 236657

    7 September 1979

    To Harold Alfred Bridgeman, Exeter, Devon.

    7 January 1985

    To William Joseph Higgins, Langport, Somerset.

    15 August 1996

    To Anthony Joseph Higgins, Langport, Somerset.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Kemble, UK

    5 January 2018

    To Mark Alexander Vernon.
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