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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-84 Dragon / DH-89 Dragon Rapide
    Latest Model:DH-89 Dragon Six
    Last Military Serial:NR803 RAF
    Construction Number:6879
    Last Civil Registration:D-ILIT
    Latest Owner or Location:Fliegendes Museum Historische Flugzeuge Josef Koch, Grossenhain Airport, Grossenhain, Saxony

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DH-89.

    24 April 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n NR803.

    4 April 1950

    To William Joseph Nobbs, Elstead, Surrey with c/r G-AMAI.
    Based at Fairoaks.

    12 December 1951

    To Alfred George Shepperd, Richmond, Surrey.

    1 May 1952

    To Felipe Beltran Y Guell with c/r EC-AGP (De Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide, 6879).

    22 December 1956

    To Compania Exportadora de Articulos Perecederos SA (CEAPSA), Madrid.

    26 April 1957

    Withdrawn from use.

    26 April 1957

    To To Spanish AF Museum, Cuatro Vientos, Madrid.

    June 1984

    To Gunther Kurfiss, T/A Air Classik GMBH.
    Markings added: G-RCYR
    On display at Frankfurt/Rhein-Main.

    1987

    To Josef Koch, T/A Fliegendes Museum, Augsburg;.

    From 1990 to 1995

    Restored.

    Compania Exportadora de Articulos Perecederos.

    26 June 1995

    To Josef Maximilian Koch, Wielandstrasse 8, Erolzheim, D-88453, Germany with c/r G-AMAI (DH89A RAPIDE, 6879).

    13 November 1995

    To Josef Maximilian Koch, Erolzheim, T/A Island Aeroplane Co, Sandown, Isle of Wight.

    19 April 1999

    Civil registration, G-AMAI, cancelled.

    22 May 2000

    To Josef Koch (Fliegendes Museum), Grossenhain, NR Dresden with c/r D-ILIT.

    To Fliegendes Museum Historische Flugzeuge Josef Koch, Grossenhain Airport, Grossenhain, Saxony.
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    6 September 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2013 Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen Hahnweide, one of Europes largest historic aircraft air shows.
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