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    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft Auster / J1 Autocrat / AOP / I / II / III / IV / V / A / C / D / G / H / J / J5 Aiglet / K / L/ M / N / P / Q / S
    Latest Model:AOP9
    Last Military Serial:7864M AAC
    Construction Number:B5-10-181
    Last Civil Registration:G-CICR
    Compressed ID:Auster AOP9 sn 7864M AAC cn B5-10-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aircraft Flight Trust, HQ Army Air Corps, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AOP9 by Auster.

    1 February 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n XR244.

    Transferred to AAC Apprentice School, Arborfield.

    New serial number assigned: 7864M AAC

    22 June 1979


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Greenham Common

    31 May 1980


    Photographer: C Peter Russell-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at Greenham Common.

    11 September 1981

    Transferred to AAC Historic Flight, Middle Wallop.

    18 September 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Abingdon Airshow

    8 May 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford Air Show

    23 August 2009


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2009 photo at Middle Wallop, UK as XR244

    12 November 2013

    To Ministry of Defence, Army Historic Aircraft Flight, Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge with new c/r G-CICR.

    18 March 2015

    To Historic Aircraft Flight Trust, HQ Army Air Corps, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge keeping c/r G-CICR.

    7 July 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day

    29 September 2018


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2018 Cotswold Revival at Kemble, UK
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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