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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-691 RAAF
    Construction Number:3508
    Last Civil Registration:VH-UVZ
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn A17-6...
    Latest Owner or Location:Commonwealth of Australia Represented By Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Base Point Cook, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1936

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

    From 12 August 1936 to 19 August 1940

    To Airflite (Training) Ltd of Mascot with new c/r VH-UVZ.

    12 August 1936

    Assigned civil registration: VH-UVZ (DH-82A, 3508)

    19 August 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-691.

    21 May 1947

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-BBP.

    From 23 November 1950 to 20 July 1961

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-PCD.

    20 October 1994

    To Temora Aviation Museum Inc, Temora, NSW with new c/r VH-UVZ.

    20 October 1994

    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum Engineering P/L.

    20 October 1994

    To Temora Aviation Museum Inc, Temora, NSW.

    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum Engineering P/L.

    22 October 1994

    Restoration completed.

    22 October 1994

    To Peter Bourke of Burradoo (NSW) keeping c/r VH-UVZ.

    June 1995

    To Patrick Davis of Maryborough, Queensland keeping c/r VH-UVZ.

    1999

    To David Lowy, Temora keeping c/r VH-UVZ.

    10 January 2001

    To Temora Aviation Museum Inc, Temora, NSW keeping c/r VH-UVZ.

    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum Engineering P/L.

    19 December 2005

    To Temora Aviation Museum Inc, Temora, NSW keeping c/r VH-UVZ.

    19 December 2005

    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum Engineering P/L.

    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum, Temora, New South Wales.
    Operated with markings: A17-691 91
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    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum Engineering P/L.

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: AT the Temora Aviation Museum, New South Wales, Australia

    26 August 2019

    To RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Point Cook, VIC keeping c/r VH-UVZ.

    26 August 2019

    To Commonwealth of Australia Represented By Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Base Point Cook, VIC with new c/r VH-UVZ.

    19 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Tiger Moth VH-UVZ showing its agility at the Warbirds Downunder airshow 2024, Temora, NSW
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    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Ed Coates Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection by Ed Coates
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     Terry Fletcher
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