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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-87
    Latest Model:DH-87B Hornet Moth
    Last Military Serial:W5749 RAF
    Construction Number:8033
    Last Civil Registration:G-ADKK
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-87B sn W5749 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Steve Barratt and Andrew Herbert

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    Dates

    Event

    From 1935 to November 1935

    Constructed as a DH-87A.

    Converted to a DH-87B.
    Re-winged.

    9 November 1935

    To unknown owner with c/r G-ADKK.

    1 December 1935

    To unknown owner with c/r G-ADKK.
    The delivery date is provided.

    1 November 1938

    To Plymouth and District Aero Club keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    25 January 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n W5749.

    12 June 1946

    To Cyril Bertram Mills with new c/r G-ADKK.

    12 September 1952

    To Francis Fawsitt keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    18 November 1954

    To Wilfred Laurence Foster keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    29 May 1974

    To Clifford Westland Annis keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    1977


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: 1977 photo at Sywell

    1978


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: 1978 photo at Sywell

    From 2 October 1984 to 11 January 1999

    To Christopher Peter Beresford Horsley keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    From 11 January 1999 to 21 December 2000

    To Richard Guy Anniss keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    From 21 December 2000 to 22 August 2013

    To Robert Michael Lee keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    22 August 2013

    To Steven John Sykes, Codford, Warminster keeping c/r G-ADKK.

    21 January 2017

    To Steve Barratt and Andrew Herbert keeping c/r G-ADKK.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
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     Steve Barratt
    Terry Fletcher
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