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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-84 Dragon / DH-89 Dragon Rapide
    Latest Model:DH-89A Dragon Rapide
    Last Military Serial:NR808 RAF
    Construction Number:6884
    Last Civil Registration:G-AGSH
    Latest Owner or Location:Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire - Central, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a DH-89A.

    25 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n NR808.

    July 1945

    To Channel Islands Airways Ltd, Jersey with new c/r G-AGSH.

    From November 1946 to January 1947

    To Minister of Civil Aviation keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    From 1947 to Circa 1955

    To British European Airways keeping c/r G-AGSH.
    Markings added: RMA James Keir Hardie

    4 June 1956

    To Airviews Ltd, Ringway keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    26 April 1957

    To Air Kruise (Ireland) Ltd, Killarney with new c/r EI-AJO.

    18 July 1957

    To WS Shackleton Ltd, London W1 with new c/r G-AGSH.
    Based at Kidlington, Oxford.

    2 July 1958

    To Jersey Airlines keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    12 February 1959

    To Airlines (Jersey) Ltd keeping c/r G-AGSH.
    With Alderney Airlines titles.

    1960


    Photographer: Caz Caswell collection
    Notes: British European Airways at Lands End

    25 January 1962

    To British European Airways Corporation, Saint Just; keeping c/r G-AGSH.
    Markings added: RMA Robert Baden Powell

    20 May 1964

    To British Westpoint Airlines Ltd, Exeter; keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    24 August 1965

    To GRP Capt Leslie George Patrick Martin (and) Squadron LDR John Grant, T/A RAF (Abingdon) Sport Parachute Association, RAF Abingdon keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    30 January 1973

    To Roy Marsden Jenkins keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    8 April 1975

    To Anthony Vincent Heath T/A Pioneer Aviation Trust, Jersey keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    Circa 1977


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: Circa 1977 photo at Sywell

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Ken Videan

    Markings Applied: James Kier Hardie

    From 21 March 1983 to 8 March 1985

    To Exeair Travel Limited keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    From 8 March 1985 to 15 June 1989

    To Specialist Flying Training Limited keeping c/r G-AGSH.

    10 August 1985


    Photographer: Caz Caswell collection
    Notes: Alderney Airlines at Carlisle (CAX)

    15 June 1989

    To Techair London Ltd, London/Phillip Meeson keeping c/r G-AGSH.
    Markings added: Jemma Meeson

    2009

    To Philip Meeson, Old Warden.

    27 February 2009

    Based at Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire-Central, England.
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    21 April 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Part of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden

    3 December 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden

    30 July 2017


    Photographer: Andrew Shaw
    Notes: At the Moth Fly-In


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    Credits
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    Internet Sources
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    de Havilland Aircraft Production
    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Maurice Garfield

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