Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier

  • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-104 Dove/Devon
    Latest Model:Sea Devon C.Mk 20
    Last Military Serial:XJ319 RN
    Construction Number:04420
    Last Civil Registration:VH-DVE
    Latest Owner or Location:Australian Aviation Museum, Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE
    If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO
    If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.

    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a Dove 5.

    From 5 January 1953 to 21 October 1954

    To The de Havilland Aircraft Company with new c/r G-AMXP.

    1954

    Converted to a Sea Devon C.Mk 20.

    November 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XJ319.

    18 May 1973


    Photographer: Keith Heywood
    Notes: Biggin Hill Airshow 1973

    By July 1981

    Transferred to RNAS Culdrose Station Flight.

    22 July 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    28 July 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    26 June 1989


    Photographer: Unknown

    By 1989

    Markings Applied: CU18

    29 July 1989


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow

    3 April 1990

    To Michael Anthony Knowles, Gable Villas, 27 Northville Drive, Westcliff-On-Sea with new c/r G-AMXP (DH104 SEA DEVON, 04420).

    16 October 1992

    Assigned civil registration: VH-DVE (DH-104 SERIES 5, 4420)

    16 October 1992

    To Bernhard Stevermuer, Fairy Meadow, NSW keeping c/r VH-DVE.

    22 December 1995

    Civil registration, G-AMXP, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-DVE.

    To Stevermuer, Bernhard (Aircraft No Longer Airworthy keeping c/r VH-DVE.

    5 December 2001

    To Bernhard Stevermuer, Tarrawanna, NSW keeping c/r VH-DVE.

    3 February 2006

    To Bernhard Stevermuer, Fairy Meadow, NSW keeping c/r VH-DVE.

    3 April 2009

    Civil registration, VH-DVE, cancelled.

    Based at Australian Aviation Museum, Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales.
    View the Location Dossier

    December 2014


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Australia Air Museum, Bankstown, near Sydney, NSW, Australia


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols

    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=69734][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Sea Devon C.Mk 20, s/n XJ319 RN, c/n 04420, c/r VH-DVE[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=69734

    Copyright 1993-2024 www.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.