Dates

Event

Constructed as a C.VI.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Imperial German Air Service with s/n 7198/18.

Circa 1918

To Royal Air Force.

Tested by RAF at Martlesham Heath.

To Imperial War Museum, London.

From 1924 to 1932

Due to lack of space at Imperial War Museum stored dismantled in the basement of the Science Museum, South Kensington.

1932

To RAF, Cardington.
Returned to RAF ownership.

1937

Restored.
To flying condition, flew in the 1937 Hendon RAF Air Pageant.

1945

To 5 Maintenace Unit, RAF Kemble.

1959

Loaned to Shuttleworth Aircraft Collection.

From 1965 to 1972

Restored.
To flying condition.

28 September 1972

First post-restoration Flight.
At Old Warden Airfield.

8 September 1973

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: This LVG C.VI of the Shuttleworth Trust at Old Warden was on display at the 1973 Cranfield Business and Light Aviation Show.

26 July 1981

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at a Shuttleworth Flying Day

From 29 October 1981 to 12 November 2003

To The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with new c/r G-AANJ.

Circa 2003

Returned from loan to Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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Circa 2016

From RAF Museum Business Plan - Conservation of 1918 LVG C.VI aircraft. Repairs to wooden airframe structure.Application of new fabric covering to flying surfaces (CENTENARY PROGRAMME Project) April 2015 to March 2016. (from Cybermodeller) - As the work has evolved, it was discovered that parts from two or three different machines are contained in the structure, suggesting a much earlier cannibalisation to produce a serviceable example.

To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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