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    Airframe Family: Bristol 135/142/149 Blenheim / Bolingbroke
    Latest Model:Bolingbroke IVT
    Last Military Serial:10076 RCAF
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) Bo...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Bolingbroke IVT by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) at Quebec, Canada.

    25 January 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 10076.

    Circa 25 January 1943

    Transferred to No. 4 Training Command.
    Delivered to No. 4.

    1944

    Sent out for repairs.

    From 2 June 1944 to 11 August 1944

    Transferred to No. 8 Repair Depot.
    Sent to No 8 for conversion to a target tug.

    Transferred to No. 2 TC.

    1 December 1944

    Transferred to No. 2 Air Command.

    14 February 1945

    Assigned to RCAF Station Paulson, MB for storage.

    12 October 1945

    Designated as available for disposal with 494 hours and 20 minutes on the airframe.

    21 August 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    Transferred to War Assets.
    Sent to War Assets for disposal.

    Sold to a farmer for parts.

    To Wes Agnew, Hartney, MB.
    Recovered from the farm by Mr. Agnew.

    1972

    To David Tallichet.

    From 1972 to By 2001

    To Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation/David C. Tallichet, Chino, CA.

    1972

    Transported by rail
    Moved to Ontario, CA.

    From By 1987 to By 2001

    Stored dismantled in the MARC compound at Chino.


    Photographer: Unknown

    August 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Tallichet/MARC Chino Airport, CA.

    1988


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: David Tallichet storage yard, Chino Airport, California.

    Circa 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At David Tallichet MARC compound, Chino Airport, CA.

    2004

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: Z9592
    Finished as a Blenheim Mk.IV of the Royal Air Force in 1941 North Africa dessert camouflage.

    16 May 2007

    Placed on display.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    October 2015

    Markings Applied: 9118, BK-V
    Re-painted in RCAF colours, and moved inside.

    18 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: Falsely marked 9118 in Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 18. October 2017
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Individual Contributors
     Andrew Appleton
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