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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-4H Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:43-30372 USAAF
    Construction Number:11663
    Last Civil Registration:G-AISX
    Compressed ID:Piper L-4H sn 43-30372 USAAF cn 116...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wycombe Air Park, Booker - Lane End, Buckinghamshire / Bucks, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a L-4H by Piper.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-30372.

    28 October 1946

    To W. S. Shackleton with new c/r G-AISX.

    23 June 1947

    To George Bichley keeping c/r G-AISX.

    28 January 1951

    To Wolverhampton Aviation keeping c/r G-AISX.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-AQZ {1}.

    From 27 September 1983 to 27 September 1983

    To Ronald Ivor Souch with new c/r G-AISX.

    From 28 November 1990 to 28 November 1990

    To Verdun Luck keeping c/r G-AISX.

    From 8 June 1999 to 8 June 1999

    To Alan Martin Turney keeping c/r G-AISX.

    16 August 2007


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2007 photo at Wycombe Air Park / Booker in the UK

    11 November 2008

    To Nils Peter Wedi, Trustee of: Cubfly, Lower Earley, Reading keeping c/r G-AISX.

    Based at Wycombe Air Park, Booker-Lane End, Buckinghamshire/Bucks, England.
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    21 August 2012


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Piper L-4H Cub G-AISX painted as 330372 at Booker

    8 June 2019


    Photographer: Alan Wilson
    Notes: Present at the - L-Birds Back To Normandy - event at Saint Andre de L Eure airfield, to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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