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Serial #: SM845 Construction #: 6S/672224 Civil Registration: G-BUOS Model: FR Mk.XVIIIe Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Built at Chattis Hill, 1945. Delivered to RAF as SM845, 19??. - Allocated to 39 MU, May 30, 1945. - Transferred to 46 MU, Dec. 1945. - Shipped to Karachi, arriced Feb. 28, 1946. - Transferred to South East Asia Air Command, Feb. 28, 1946. Delivered to Indian AF as HS 687, Dec. 31, 1947 - In active service until late 1950s. - Used as Airfield decoy at Kalaikunda AB, early 1970s. Ormond & Wensley Haydon-Bailli, Duxford, 1977-1978. - Recovered from Kalaijunda AB, India, 1977. Marshall Moss & Richard A. Boolootian, Lancaster, CA, 1978-1981. - Shipped unrestored from UK to California, 1978. - Stored, crated, Lancaster-Fox Field, CA, 1978-1980. David C. Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, circa 1981-1987. - Restoration started, Tulsa, OK (later Casper, WY). Adrian Reynard, Kidlington, UK, 1988-1992. - Shipped to UK for completion of restoration. Adrian J. Reynard/Reynard Racing/Park Avenue Investments Ltd, Witney, Oct. 1992-1997. - Restored Audley End, UK, 1992-2000. - Registered as G-BUOS. Historic Flying Ltd, Audley End, Essex, UK, 1997-2002. - Restoration completed. - First flight, July 7, 2000. - Currently for sale. - Flown as SM845/GZ-J. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006. |
Photo Source(s): Howard Cargill. Dave Stewart Andyco41. |
