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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-116 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA0113
    Last Civil Registration:VH-APB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Australia Tiger Moth I...
    Latest Owner or Location:Rebecca Westerhuis, Narangba, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II by de Havilland Australia.

    1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-116.

    1946

    To Fred Betts with new c/r VH-ATQ.

    1953

    To Superspread with new c/r VH-SSB {1}.
    Used as a crop duster.

    Circa 1954


    Photographer: Ed Coates Collection

    1957

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-APB.

    15 March 1966

    Withdrawn from use.

    21 July 1989

    To George Gillespie Keirle, Pymble, NSW with new c/r VH-APB.

    19 May 2005

    To George Keirle, Pymble, NSW keeping c/r VH-APB.

    19 May 2005

    To The Estate of George Gillespie Keirle, Pymble, NSW keeping c/r VH-APB.

    To Airborne Aviation, Camden Airport, Camden, New South Wales.
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    18 April 2014


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Parked inside the Airborne Aviation hangar at Camden Airport, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    5 December 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Camden, NSW

    1 August 2017

    Operated by Timothy George Gillespie Keirle.

    29 October 2019

    To Rebecca Westerhuis, Narangba, QLD keeping c/r VH-APB.
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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
     Australian Defense Force Serials
    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Ed Coates Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection by Ed Coates
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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