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    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft Auster / J1 Autocrat / AOP / I / II / III / IV / V / A / C / D / G / H / J / J5 Aiglet / K / L/ M / N / P / Q / S
    Latest Model:D Plus
    Last Military Serial:LB375 RAF
    Construction Number:0222 {2}
    Last Civil Registration:G-AHGW
    Compressed ID:Auster D sn LB375 RAF cn 0222 cr G-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kingsley Brent Owen, West Ayton, Scarborough

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a D by Auster.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n LB375.

    Transferred to 653 SQN.
    During World War II.

    Transferred to 43 OTU.
    During World War II.

    Transferred to 451 SQN.
    During World War II.

    From 2 September 1946 to 31 October 1946

    To Auster Aircraft Ltd with new c/r G-AHGW.

    From 31 October 1946 to 16 August 1947

    To London Aeroplane Club keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 13 September 1947 to 1 January 1948

    To Short Bros Ltd, Rochester Flying Club keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 12 January 1948 to 26 May 1953

    To Short Bros and Harland Ltd, Rochester keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 29 May 1953 to 9 March 1954

    To David Cotter, London keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 10 March 1954 to 31 May 1956

    To The Penguin Flying Club, Gatwick keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 25 June 1956 to 3 August 1959

    To Wiltshire School of Flying, Thruxton keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 26 August 1959 to 1 January 1961

    To Yorkshire Territorial Flying Club, Leeds keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 6 January 1961 to 8 May 1961

    To W S Shackleton (Aviation) Ltd, London keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 29 May 1961 to 15 February 1965

    To Alan Henderson and Mary Williams, Grantham keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 25 August 1965 to 27 March 1968

    To Arthur Bottomley, Grantham keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 14 October 1968 to 26 January 1972

    To Lincoln Aero Club Ltd, Lincoln keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    From 2 February 1972 to 21 October 1975

    To Richard Yates, Boston, Lincolnshire keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    29 October 1975

    To Carl Victor Butler, Coventry keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    9 May 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Middle Wallop Air Show

    9 May 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Middle Wallop Airshow

    31 December 1994

    The UK civil registry indicated the airframe had logged 3,899 hours.

    3 May 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-AHGW expired.
    Put into storage in 1996 (still in storage 2014).

    30 September 2016

    To Kingsley Brent Owen, West Ayton, Scarborough keeping c/r G-AHGW.

    31 August 2024


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: At LAA Rally at Leicester Airport
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