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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-114 Heron
    Latest Model:Sea Heron C.1
    Last Military Serial:XR442 RN
    Construction Number:14102
    Last Civil Registration:G-HRON
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Sea Heron C.1 sn XR442...
    Latest Owner or Location:Melitas Motel and Cafe, Chiloquin State Airport, Chiloquin, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Heron 2.

    From 1 May 1956 to 12 February 1959

    To British European Airways Limited with new c/r G-AORH.

    From 12 February 1959 to 17 April 1961

    To Jersey Airlines, London keeping c/r G-AORH.

    17 April 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XR442 as a Sea Heron C.1.

    By 1984

    Transferred to RNAS Yeovilton Station Flight.

    6 August 1984


    Photographer: Jack Wolbrink
    Notes: XR442 De Havilland DH-114 Sea Heron C.1 c/n 14102 - Royal Navy - Groningen Airport Eelde in Holland

    15 November 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

    From 4 April 1991 to 11 May 1993

    To Saint. Helena Airways Ltd London with new c/r G-HRON.

    From 11 May 1993 to 10 April 2002

    To Michael Ewart Revans Coghlan, Blandford Forum, Dorset keeping c/r G-HRON.

    10 April 2002

    Civil registration, G-HRON, cancelled.

    Stored at Staverton Airport, Gloucestershire, UK.

    20 January 2006

    Transported by ship.
    Departed by sea to Albany, OR.

    20 January 2006

    To Portland, Oregon for restoration to airworthy condition.

    To Will Rogers Wiley Post Seaplane Base, Renton Airport, Renton, WA.
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    29 June 2018

    Noted in the grounds of a private residence on Kizer Ave, NE, Albany, OR, but precise location not given.

    To Melitas Motel and Cafe, Chiloquin State Airport, Chiloquin, OR.
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    From By 23 April 2019 to After 20 July 2023

    On Photos on Facebook showing no engines and wing missing - off Highway 97 near Chiloquin, Oregon.

    8 September 2019


    Photographer: Mike Oughton
    Notes: Seen at the side of Route 97 just north of Klamath Falls, Oregon. It is on the frontage of Melitas Restaurant, Motel and RV Park...

    14 April 2024

    Spotted at Eagle Crater Lake Inn, Chemult, Oregon.
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     Lorence Fizia
    Terry Fletcher
    Tom Hardie
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
    Tony Szulc
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