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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:Chipmunk T.10
    Last Military Serial:WB610 RAF
    Construction Number:C1-0051
    Last Civil Registration:VH-BSM
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 sn WB610...
    Latest Owner or Location:W. N. Sherwill

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    Dates

    Event

    1950

    Constructed as a Chipmunk T.10 by de Havilland at Broughton, Chester.

    From 17 April 1950 to 31 August 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WB610.

    1 August 1956

    To W. S. Shackleton Ltd, London, England.
    Agent for export to Australia.

    24 April 1957

    To Aero Club of Southern Tasmania with new c/r VH-BSM.

    By 1969

    To W. N. Sherwill keeping c/r VH-BSM.

    March 1969


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Aero Club of Southern Tasmania at Hobart also had Chipmunks. This was one of theirs, seen at Benalla Vic in March 1969 now with a private owner, painted with an unconvincing Flying Tigers sharks mouth on the cowlings.

    20 April 1987


    Photographer: David Tanner
    Notes: At Kyabram Airport

    4 December 1988

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Sadly, Mr. W. N. Sherwill (pilot and registered owner) was killed when his aircraft failed to complete a low level loop and struck the ground soon after taking off from a private airstrip at Shepperton North, near St. James, Victoria, Australia. The aircraft impacted the ground in a south westerly direction with a nose-low, wings level attitude. It then bounced off the ground and came to rest in about 10 metres with the engine dislodged from the airframe and the landing gear collapsed. Wreckage reported to be still in existence at Tocumwal Aerodrome (seen there 26/4/1998).
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