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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-60 Moth
    Latest Model:DH-60GIII Moth Major
    Construction Number:1823
    Last Civil Registration:G-ABEV
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-60GIII cn 1823 cr G...
    Latest Owner or Location:Simon Lee George Darch, de Havilland House, Yeovil

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    Dates

    Event

    1930

    Constructed as a DH-60GIII.

    15 December 1930

    To Club Suisse dAvn/Geneve with new c/r CH-217.
    CH- was the prefix for Civil aircraft registered in Switzerland - prior to the prefix HB- being adopted.

    To unknown owner with c/r CH-217.

    To unknown owner with c/r HB-OKI.

    To unknown owner with c/r HB-OKI.

    From 10 March 1977 to 2 January 1981

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

    To unknown owner with c/r G-ABEV.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: Circa 1978 photo at Old Warden

    Unknown

    To Struck Larry, San Jose, CA with new c/r N4203E.

    30 July 1981

    Civil registration, N4203E, cancelled.
    Exported to England.

    From 5 August 1981 to 5 August 1981

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

    From 20 May 1985 to 20 May 1985

    To Wessex Aviation and Transport Ltd keeping c/r G-ABEV.

    26 April 1987


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: G-ABEV cn.1823 ex.CH-217, HB-OKI, N4203E 1930 DH.60GIII (Gipsy) Moth Major, at Badminton 26th April 1987

    27 November 2000

    To Simon Lee George Darch, de Havilland House, Yeovil keeping c/r G-ABEV.
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