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Constructed as a Pup by Sopwith Aviation Co at Kingston upon Thames. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n N5182 as a Pup. |
5 September 1916 |
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Delivered to Chingford. |
6 September 1916 |
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Transferred to Aeroplane Depot Dunkerque-Saint Pol. |
7 September 1916 |
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Transferred to C SQN, No 1 Wing RNAS Dunkirk. |
25 October 1916 |
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Transferred to No 8 (Naval) Squadron, RNAS Saint Pol. |
3 November 1916 |
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Transferred to No 8 (Naval) Squadron, Vert Galand. |
11 December 1916 |
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Involved in an incident.
Forced landing due to a frozen compass. |
12 December 1916 |
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Transported by ground.
Disassembled and moved. |
3 February 1917 |
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Transferred to No 3 (Naval) Squadron, RNAS Dunkirk. |
February 1917 |
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Transferred to No 3 (Naval) Squadron, Saint Pol. |
10 February 1917 |
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Transferred to ADD (Aeroplane Depot Dunkerque). |
Circa 16 March 1917 |
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Transferred to 9 SQN RNAS, Saint Pol. |
By 22 March 1917 |
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Transferred to ADD (Aeroplane Depot Dunkerque).
Sent to ADD for repair. |
By May 1917 |
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To Walmer Defence Flight. |
5 June 1917 |
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Transferred to Dover Defence Flight. |
6 July 1917 |
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Damaged.
In an unknown incident the wings, propeller and undercarriage were damaged. |
11 August 1917 |
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Damaged.
Damaged at Walmer. |
20 October 1917 |
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Transferred to War Flight/School Manston. |
23 February 1918 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.
Deleted from stock. |
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To Musee de L air et de L Espace (The Air and Space Museum), Le Bourget, Paris, Ile-De-France.
 View the Location Dossier |
Circa 1959 |
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To Lieut.-Commander K C D (Desmond) Saint Cyrien MBE (Retired). |
Circa 13 February 1959 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for G-APUP (REPLICA SOPWITH PUP, PFA 1582) issued. |
13 February 1959 |
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To unknown owner with c/r G-APUP.
Registered as a replica. |
7 May 1973 |
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Civil registration revised.
Registration updated to designated the type as an original Sopwith Pup. |
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Remanufactured as a Pup.
New construction number, PFA/1582, assigned to the airframe.
Rebuilt over 13 years. |
11 August 1973 |
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First flight.
Flown from Fairoaks airport. |
1974 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Blackbushe, Surrey. |
15 August 1976 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: This Sopwith Pup replica attended the 1976 Fly-in at Blackbushe Airport, Camberley. |
From Circa 1977 to Circa 1978 |
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Involved in an incident.
Involved in some kind of accident. |
28 June 1978 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for G-APUP expired.
Withdrawn from use at Blackbushe. |
June 1979 |
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To Doug Arnold. |
7 June 1979 |
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Civil registration revised.
Civil registration revised to show Mr. Arnold as the owner. |
June 1982 |
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To Ministry, Defense. |
12 August 1982 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to RAF Museum, Hendon.
Moved from Blackbushe to Hendon. |
4 October 1984 |
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Civil registration, G-APUP, cancelled. |
31 August 1993 |
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New serial number assigned: 9213M RAF |
3 August 1998 |
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To RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England.
Formally donated to the RAF Museum by the MoD.
View the Location Dossier |
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New serial number assigned: 9313M RAF |
2009 |
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Photographer: Andy West |
11 December 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Sopwith Pup is part of the Grahame-White Factory Aircraft Collection at the RAF Hendon Museum |
July 2014 |
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Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
View the Location Dossier |
26 October 2016 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Now at RAF Cosford Museum |
