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    Airframe Family: Fairey Battle
    Latest Model:Battle TT.I
    Last Military Serial:1899 RCAF
    Compressed ID:Fairey Battle TT.I sn 1899 RCAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Brussels Air Museum, Jubelpark, Etterbeek, Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

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    Dates

    Event

    1939

    Constructed as a Battle I by Austin Motors at Longbridge, UK.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n R3950.

    7 April 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1899.

    1941

    Converted to a Battle TT.I.

    16 February 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    Transferred to MacDonald Brothers, AB.
    Sent to MacDonald Brothers for disposal.

    1970

    To Tony Voll.

    1972

    To Strathallan Collection.

    15 July 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Ex RAF serial R3950 and acquired by the Strathallan Collection in 1972. Undergoing restoration when seen at their Open Day in 1978.

    1987

    To Charles Church.

    1988

    Loaned to Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

    1988

    Markings Applied: HA L

    1988

    To Historic Aircraft Collection, Duxford.

    1988

    To Brussels Air Museum, Jubelpark, Etterbeek, Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.
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    3 May 1990

    Transported by air.
    Moved from Duxford to Belgium in a C-130H.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: RCAF, 1558

    2005


    Photographer: Andy West

    14 May 2019


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, Belgium.

    10 March 2024


    Photographer: Gunther Debiscop
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Brussels Air Museum Foundation by http://www.bamfbamrs.be
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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