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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:HU-512 IAF
    Construction Number:85778
    Last Civil Registration:VT-DPK
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn HU-51...
    Latest Owner or Location:Indian Air Force Museum, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.
    DH82A TIGER MOTH 85778

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n DE893.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 2492.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Indian Air Force with s/n HU-512.

    12 February 2009


    Photographer: Peter Luke
    Notes: 2009 photo at Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi

    7 December 2011

    To Reflight Airworks Ltd, High Wycombe with new c/r G-CGYN (DH82A TIGER MOTH, 85778).

    From Unknown to 2011

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by Swiftair Maintenance, Leicester, UK, before being returned to the Indian Air Force.

    18 October 2012

    Civil registration, G-CGYN, cancelled.

    To Indian Air Force Vintage Flight with new c/r VT-DPK.

    Based at Indian Air Force Museum, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi.
    Operated with markings: HU-512 Indian Air Force
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    21 February 2015


    Photographer: Faram Khambatta
    Notes: At Yelahanka Air Force Base, Karnataka, India
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