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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:Chipmunk T.10
    Last Military Serial:WD345 RAF
    Construction Number:C1-0282
    Last Civil Registration:N5UK
    Latest Owner or Location:Craig M. Wirfs, Puyallup, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a Chipmunk T.10.

    21 February 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WD345.

    To unknown owner with c/r N31103.

    6 February 1987

    To George L. Koch, Tucson, AR with new c/r N5UK.
    Operated with markings: WD345

    28 June 1990

    To George L. Koch, Tucson, AR keeping c/r N5UK.

    Based at Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: A

    15 December 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX5UK (DHC-1 SERIES 22, CI-0282) issued.

    2 October 1997

    To Jimmy B. Dameron, Icard, NC keeping c/r N5UK.

    14 January 2014

    To Air Nostalgia Ltd, Mooresville, NC keeping c/r N5UK.

    July 2016

    July 2016


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, Wisconsin

    23 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N5UK at AirVenture 2018, Oshkosh, WI

    31 July 2021

    To Craig M. Wirfs, Puyallup, WA keeping c/r N5UK.
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