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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth
    Latest Model:DH-83C Fox Moth
    Construction Number:FM89
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-AQB
    Compressed ID:deHavilland Canada DH-83C cn FM89 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Croydon Aviation Heritage Museum, Mandeville, Southland, South Island

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1947

    Constructed as a DH-83C by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    25 November 1947

    To Auckland Aero Club with new c/r ZK-AQB.

    To John Albert Anderson Eaton, Auckland keeping c/r ZK-AQB.

    Circa 1949


    Photographer: Ed Coates Collection
    Notes: Circa 1949 photo whilst operated by the Auckland Aero Club

    17 December 1955

    To Tauranga Aero Club keeping c/r ZK-AQB.

    17 April 1959

    To J Paterson, Motiti Is keeping c/r ZK-AQB.

    1 January 1961

    To W Paterson, Motiti Is keeping c/r ZK-AQB.

    28 June 1972

    Crashed.
    Crash Occurred in the water approx 4 to 500 metres offshore of Motiti island.

    To Croydon Aircraft Company, Mandeville, Southland, South Island.
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    12 September 2006


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Under restoration with the Croydon Aircraft Company at Mandeville, New Zealand

    9 December 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r ZK-AQB.

    17 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre, South Island, New Zealand

    To Croydon Aviation Heritage Museum, Mandeville, Southland, South Island.
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