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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-100/115 Vampire
    Latest Model:Vampire F.3
    Last Military Serial:17018 RCAF
    Construction Number:EEP-42310
    Last Civil Registration:N6881D
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Vampire F.3 by English Electric at Preston.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n VP691.
    This serial was never actually applied to the airframe, but rather was assigned to facilitate the transfer to the RCAF.

    23 June 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 17018.

    Transferred to No. 402 Squadron, RCAF Station Saint Hubert, PQ.

    Transferred to No. 401 Squadron, RCAF Station Saint Hubert, PQ.

    From 1956 to By 1957

    Assigned to Sea Island AB, Vancouver, BC for storage.
    Pending disposal here.

    From 1957 to 1958

    To Fliteways Inc, West Bend, WI with new c/r N6881D.

    21 February 1958

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

    From By 1963 to By 1964

    To Dave White, Carpenteria, CA keeping c/r N6881D.

    By 1966

    To William H. Boyce, Pomona, CA keeping c/r N6881D.

    By 1966

    Placed in open storage in derelict condition at Santa Barbara, CA.

    Circa 2 October 1967

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6881D (VAMPIRE MK-3, 17018) issued.

    2 October 1967

    To Roland G. Holmes, Long Beach, CA keeping c/r N6881D.

    15 December 1971

    Civil registration, N6881D, cancelled.

    From 1977 to 1992

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
    Stored here disassembled.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1977

    Stored dismantled at Chino, CA.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 17018
    A static restoration was carried out and it was placed on displat in RCAF markings.

    By 1996

    To Planes of Fame-Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    March 1998


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Museum in Valle, AZ.

    11 October 2004


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: DH Vampire at Planes of Fame, Valle,AZ in October 2004

    5 June 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Valle, AZ

    11 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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