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Constructed as a DH-9A. |
From Circa September 1918 to December 1918 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n F1010. |
15 September 1918 |
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First mission, a bomb drop on the German aerodrome at Buhl. |
25 September 1918 |
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Mission to attack Frankfurt. |
1 October 1918 |
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Mission to Cologne. |
5 October 1918 |
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Mission to Kaiserslautern, with the aircraft being posted missing. The aircraft landed intact for no known reason. The crew were taken prisoner. The airframe may have been repaired and flown by the Germans. |
After 11 November 1918 |
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Placed in storage in Germany. |
19 June 1936 |
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To Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung (Berlin Air Museum).
Placed on display. |
April 1943 |
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Placed in storage at a forest storage site near Czarnikau, Eastern Germany which is now Poland. |
From 23 November 1943 to 24 November 1943 |
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The museum was heavily damaged by fire in an RAF night bombing raid. |
March 1945 |
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Area captured by Polish forces, including the aircraft collection along with this airframe. |
From Circa March 1945 to 1949 |
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To Regional Aircraft Repository, Gadki. |
From 1950 to 1954 |
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Stored in or near abandoned railway sheds near Deblin/Pilawa. |
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Displayed in an exhibition shed at Wroclaw. |
1963 |
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To Muzeum Lotnictwa Astranautyki, Rakowice, Krakow.
The museum was founded and the airframe moved here. |
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Restored.
This work included some restoration of the undercarriage. |
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Placed in storage. |
October 1967 |
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Noted by an Australian enthusiast in storage at Krakow. |
May 1968 |
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Negotiations for the RAF Museum to acquire the airframe began. |
1977 |
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Negotiations concluded. |
15 June 1977 |
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Transported by ground.
Moved from Krakow. |
28 June 1977 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to RAF Museum Restoration Centre, RAF Cardington.
Delivered to Cardington. |
From Circa September 1978 to December 1978 |
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Restoration started.
Rest start. |
March 1983 |
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Restoration completed. |
By July 1983 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England.
Moved from Carington to Hendon.
 View the Location Dossier |
1995 |
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Photographer: Chris Redford
Notes: Airco DH-9A Ninak F1010, RAF Museum, Hendon 1995 |
1995 |
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Photographer: Chris Redford
Notes: Airco DH-9A Ninak F1010, RAF Museum, Hendon 1995 |
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Markings Applied: C |
2009 |
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Photographer: Andy West |
11 December 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Airco DH-9A on display in the Historic Hangars Collection at the RAF Museum at Hendon |
14 November 2024 |
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Photographer: Keith Bollands
Notes: Relocated from the Historic Hangars to the new (c.2018) Hangar 1. |
