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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:R5239 RAF
    Construction Number:83098
    Last Civil Registration:N8879
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn R5239...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mike A. Williams, Hartsville, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n R5239.

    To unknown owner with c/r G-ANVV (DH82A TIGER MOTH, 83098).

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-ACI.

    To unknown owner with c/r PH-NLC.

    29 July 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8879 (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, M5239) issued.

    8 November 1973

    To George H. Schulz, Tullahoma with new c/r N8879.

    14 January 2008

    To Williams Vina, Madison, IN keeping c/r N8879.

    27 September 2008


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Lee Bottom Airport

    21 January 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N8879.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Seymour, IN.

    25 March 2010

    To Kris M. Williams, Seymour, IN keeping c/r N8879.

    Based at Mikes Hangar/Mike Williams, Columbus Municipal Airport, Columbus, IN.
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    3 December 2015

    To Mike A. Williams, Hartsville, IN keeping c/r N8879.

    4 May 2019

    Civil registration, N8879, cancelled.

    6 August 2021

    To Mike A. Williams, Hartsville, IN with new c/r N8879.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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