Dates

Event

Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

9 May 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n DE744.

9 May 1942

Transferred to No. 20 Maintenance Unit, RAF Aston Down.

2 June 1942

Transferred to No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School, RAF Sealand, Wales.

March 1946

Transferred to Rochester Airport, Medway.
Operated with markings: FJG-A

26 June 1947

Transferred to No. 24 Reserve Flying School, Rochester Airport, Medway.
Operated with markings: RCV-B
24 EFTS redesignated.

8 June 1951

Transferred to No. 14 RFS Hamble, Rochester.
Operated with markings: 28

4 November 1952

Transferred to No. 10 MU, RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire.

1953

To Air Couriers (Transport) Ltd, Croydon with new c/r G-ANCN {2}.

29 March 1955

To Vendair (London) Ltd, Croydon keeping c/r G-ANCN {2}.

4 April 1955

Civil registration, G-ANCN {2}, cancelled.
Exported to Belgium.

8 April 1955

To C. de Vleminck, Grimbergen, Belgium with new c/r OO-NCN {2}.

9 August 1967

To E Jacobs, Grimbergen, Belgium keeping c/r OO-NCN {2}.

Photographer: Georges De Preter Collection

21 February 1968

To C. Honcoop/Honcoops Handelsonderneming, Veen, Netherlands.

2 September 1970

To Geert E. Frank, East Kingston, NH.

6 November 1970

To Geert E. Frank, East Kingston, NH with new c/r N39DH.

29 June 1973

To Kurt G Hofschneider and John Paul Jordan, Colonia, NJ keeping c/r N39DH.

24 July 1973

Certificate of airworthiness for NX39DH (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, DE744) issued.

18 May 1976

To Kurt G Hofschneider, Colonia, NJ keeping c/r N39DH.

19 March 1980

To John Paul Jordan and Kurt G Hofschneider, Colonia, NJ keeping c/r N39DH.

2 May 1980

To John Paul Jordon, Clark, NJ keeping c/r N39DH.

2 May 1980

To Susan and Kurt Hofschneider, Colonia, N. J keeping c/r N39DH.
Co-owner with J.P. Jordon.

August 1998

To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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The beautifully restored Tiger Moth on display has won numerous trophies at air shows, including a prestigious Category Championship for WWII airplanes at the annual show at Oshkosh, Wis. It was donated to the museum by Susan and Kurt Hofschneider of Colonia, N.J., and J.P. Jordan of Slippery Rock, Penn. (NMUSAF).

6 May 2008

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the National Museum of the USAF

4 January 2018

Civil registration, N39DH, cancelled.

19 September 2023

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield