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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-468 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA885 / T257
    Last Civil Registration:VH-SSK
    Latest Owner or Location:Commonwealth of Australia Represented By RAAF Amberley Flying Club, Amberley, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1942

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II by de Havilland Australia.

    20 April 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-468.

    26 July 1946

    To H Grainger, Sale, Vic with new c/r VH-ATE.

    19 September 1946

    To Queensland Flying Services, Brisbane keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    26 June 1952

    To James W Packer and John Penrose, West Tamworth, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    12 August 1952

    To Narromine Aero Club, Narromine, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    17 March 1954

    To William Campbell-Hicks, Condobolin, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    10 July 1956

    To Air Training Pty Ltd, Bankstown keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    20 February 1959

    To Reginald R Williams, Pymble, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    5 June 1960

    To Austerserve Pty Ltd, Bankstown keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    October 1960

    To Proctors Rural Services Pty Ltd, Alexandra, Vic keeping c/r VH-ATE.

    1961


    Photographer: Neil Follett
    Notes: VH-ATE seen on the grass opposite the Super Spread hangar at Moorabbin in 1961

    1963

    To Super Spread Aviation, with new c/r VH-SSK.

    March 1963


    Photographer: Neil Follett
    Notes: VH-SSK at Moorabbin in March 1963.

    25 November 1963

    To Thomas O Proctor, Alexandra, Vic keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    20 June 1965

    To Ryan Equipment Pty Ltd, Shepparton, Vic keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    May 1967


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-SSK in a typical Australian scene on the owners rural property at Dookie, near Shepparton, Victoriain May 1967. A former Super Spread Aviation cropsprayer, this Tiger had been rebuilt as a two seater, but retained the overturntruss, a pilot safety measure mandated for Australian agricultural DH.82s.

    20 May 1967

    To HJ and ID Duff, Murrami, NSW keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    30 October 1968

    To Alan C Watson, Glenroy, Vic keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    18 May 1971

    To Hamish M Oliver, Essendon keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    11 April 1982


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Mangalore

    27 May 1989

    To Kenneth Broomhead, Balwyn North, VIC keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    15 April 1990


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Mangalore Airport, Victoria

    15 February 2006

    To Kenneth Broomhead, Balwyn North, VIC keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    12 July 2010

    To Kenneth Broomhead, Balwyn North, VIC keeping c/r VH-SSK.

    9 December 2019

    To Commonwealth of Australia Represented By RAAF Amberley Flying Club, Amberley, QLD keeping c/r VH-SSK.


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