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Serial #: TV959 Construction #: - Civil Registration: None |
Model: T Mk. 3 Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2011 |
Built at Leavesdon in 1945.
Delivered to RAF as TV959.
- BOC: Aug. 29, 1945.
- SOC: May 31, 1963.
- Accepted by 13 OTU at Middleton St. George.
-- Coded KQ-G.
- Transferred to No 266 Squadron, Oct. 31, 1946.
- Transferred to 54 OTU at Eastmore, April 24, 1947.
- Transferred to 228 OCU at Leeming, May 17, 1947.
- Transferred to 22 MU at Silloth, Sept. 20, 1950.
-- Maintained and stored.
- Transferred to 204 Advanced Flying School, July 15, 1951.
-- Damaged, repaired by Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Sywell.
- Transferred to 27 MU at Shawbury, Feb. 6, 1952.
- Transferred to Home Command Examination Unit at White Waltham, May 15, 1952.
- Transferred to 49 MU, Aug. 20, 1953.
- Transferred to 27 MU, Nov. 16th, 1964.
- Transferred to Home Command Examination Unit at White Waltham, Dec. 16, 1955.
- Transferred to Fighter Command Communications Squadron, 19??.
- Transferred to 3 CAACU at Exeter, coded "Y", April 30, 1959-1963.
- Loaned to Film Aviation Services, Elstree, 1963.
-- Used in movie "633 Squadron" for ground and cockpit scenes.
-- Marked as MM398/HT-P.
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London, Aug. 1963-1988.
- Displayed as TV959/AF-V.
- Starboard wing removed, hung from wall.
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 1989-1991.
- Stored.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, August 1992-2002.
- Under restoration.
Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA, 2011.
- Stored at AvSpecs, Ardmore Airport, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Awaiting restoration to airworthy.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. www.mossie.org |
Photo Source(s): Dave McDonald. Research Assistance: KiwiZac |
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