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    Airframe Family: Bristol 170/179/216 Freighter
    Latest Model:Freighter 31M
    Last Military Serial:NZ5903 RNZAF
    Construction Number:12834
    Last Civil Registration:G-18-100
    Compressed ID:Bristol Freighter 31M sn NZ5903 RNZ...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a Freighter 31M.

    27 January 1947

    To The Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd with new c/r G-AINT.

    1951

    To The Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd with new c/r G-18-100.

    10 March 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ5903.
    Served with No 41 Squadron in New Zealand, Pacific,South-East Asia.

    1977

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    16 March 1978

    Last flight.
    Operated last operational Bristol Freighter flight by RNZAF when aircraft was ferried from Whenuapai to Wigram.

    16 March 1978

    To Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island.
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    After 1978


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At RNZAF Base Wigram

    19 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Airforce Museum of New Zealand at Wigram, Christchurch, South Island.
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     Australian Defense Force Serials
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     Terry Fletcher
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