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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:PG657 AdT
    Construction Number:86566
    Last Civil Registration:G-AGPK
    Latest Owner or Location:Trevor Keith Butcher, Lilac Cottage, Beaumont, Clacton-On-Sea

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de Terre with s/n PG657.

    20 July 1951

    To Etat/Ministere Des Armees/Etat Major Armee de L Air, Paris, Centre with new c/r F-BGDN (Tiger Moth Dh 82 A, PG-657).
    Based at Le Blanc.

    1 September 1971

    Civil registration, F-BGDN, cancelled.

    Circa 1972

    To unknown owner with c/r N657DH (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, PG657).

    1978


    Photographer: Danny Tanner

    14 July 1985

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at the Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) Ames, IA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The owner had given the pilot permission to fly the aircraft the pilot elected to take a passenger in the front seat. After the accident, the pilot stated that he was making a high speed taxi run on the grass on the right side of the runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    4 October 1988

    Civil registration, N657DH, cancelled.

    From 27 October 1988 to 20 December 1988

    To Lawrence John Rice with new c/r G-AGPK.

    From 20 December 1988 to 22 May 1998

    To Philip David Castle keeping c/r G-AGPK.

    From 22 May 1998 to 21 March 2005

    To Biztig Ltd keeping c/r G-AGPK.

    From 21 March 2005 to 3 October 2008

    To Aviation Ventures Ltd keeping c/r G-AGPK.

    From 3 October 2008 to 7 January 2010

    To Michael Geoffrey Collins keeping c/r G-AGPK.

    Circa 7 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-AGPK (DH82A TIGER MOTH, 86566) issued.

    7 January 2010

    To Trevor Keith Butcher, Lilac Cottage, Beaumont, Clacton-On-Sea keeping c/r G-AGPK.

    8 July 2017


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1945 Morris Motors built de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, pleasure flying at Duxford during Flying Legends 2017

    4 June 2019


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford D-Day Show

    4 June 2019

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