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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-544 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA979
    Last Civil Registration:VH-UDH
    Latest Owner or Location:as wfu

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.
    DH-82A DHA979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-544.

    18 January 1946

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-AZA.

    15 February 1959

    Withdrawn from use.

    2 December 1960

    To Gliding Club of WA.

    25 January 1969

    Crashed.
    At Cunderin.

    August 1969


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: VH-AZA was a glider tug for the Gliding Club of WA at their Cunderdin base when photographed in August 1969.The large aerial ag company Bob Couper Pty Ltd on the same former WWII airfield provided tugs on contract

    By 19 June 2003

    Restoration completed.

    19 June 2003

    Assigned civil registration: VH-UDH (DH-82A, DHA979)

    19 June 2003

    To Carolen Ann Fisher, Harcourt North, VIC with c/r VH-UDH.

    15 February 2005

    To Brooklands Aviation Pty. Ltd, York, WA with c/r VH-UDH.

    15 October 2007

    To Carolen Ann Fisher, Harcourt North, VIC.

    21 November 2007

    To John Fisher, Harcourt North, VIC with c/r VH-UDH.

    22 February 2012

    To Carolen Ann Fisher, Harcourt North, VIC.

    Circa 22 September 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for VH-UDH (DEHAVILLAND DH-82A, DHA979) issued.

    By 22 September 2017

    To as wfu with c/r VH-UDH.

    22 September 2017

    Civil registration, VH-UDH, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     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
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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