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Dates |
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Event |
1910 |
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Constructed as a XIa. |
Circa 1935 |
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To R. G. J. Nash.
Found in, and recovered from, France. |
Circa 1936 |
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Transported by ship.
Shipped to the London docks on the Thames. |
Circa 1936 |
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Transported by ground.
Transported by Dick Nash from the London docks to Weybridge using his Ford lorry. |
December 1953 |
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To Royal Aeronautical Society.
Obtained from Mr. Nash when the society acquired the entire collection. |
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Placed in storage at Weybridge, Surrey. |
July 1956 |
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Placed in storage at No. 15 Maintenance Unit at RAF Wroughton, Wilts. |
From 1957 to 1958 |
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Stored in Bellman hangar at RAF Hendon. |
Circa 1959 |
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Stored in the BEA hangar at the London Heathrow Airport. |
Circa 1962 |
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Stored at RAF Upavon. |
1964 |
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Loaned to Royal Air Force. |
Circa 1965 |
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Restoration started.
Sent to RAF Cranwell, Lincs., for storage and restoration. |
Circa March 1967 |
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Placed in storage at RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire. |
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More overhaul work, including the addition of fabric. |
1971 |
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Loaned to RAF Museum, Hendon. |
March 1992 |
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To Ministry of Defense.
Purchases along with the rest of the former Nash collection by the MOD. |
19 July 1993 |
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New serial number assigned: 9209M RAF |
2 September 1994 |
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Transported by ground.
Transported by road to the RAF Museum Reserve Collection and Restoration Centre at RAF Cardington for storage. |
15 April 1998 |
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Loaned to Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
 View the Location Dossier |
March 2003 |
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Contracted to Michael Beetham Conservation Centre, Cosford for work on the airframe.
Sent to the conservation centre for renovation and recovering. |
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Loaned to RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England.
Sent to Hendon for storage prior to being displayed.
View the Location Dossier |
3 April 2003 |
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Moved into the Milestones of Flight building at Hendon for display. |
September 2004 |
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To Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.
Officially gifted to the Royal Air Force Museum by the Ministry of Defense. |
2009 |
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Photographer: Andy West |
11 December 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Bleriot XI is part of the Milestones of Flight Aircraft Collection at the RAF Museum at Hendon |
