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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-87
    Latest Model:DH-87B Hornet Moth
    Last Military Serial:W9385 RAF
    Construction Number:8097
    Last Civil Registration:G-ADND
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-87B sn W9385 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:David Malcolm Weston, Portishead, Bristol, Sylvia Mary Weston, Portishead, Bristol

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    Dates

    Event

    1936

    Constructed as a DH-87B.

    From 4 August 1936 to 18 June 1940

    To Fairey Aviation Company.

    18 June 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n W9385.

    22 June 1946

    To Walter MacPherson with new c/r G-ADND.

    From 30 July 1953 to 14 August 1971

    To Peter Quentin Reiss keeping c/r G-ADND.

    From 24 September 1971 to 8 April 1993

    To The Executive Committee The Shuttleworth Collection keeping c/r G-ADND.

    1 July 1979


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At the Famous Grouse Moth Rally at Strathallan, Scotland

    From 8 April 1993 to 1 December 2005

    To Richard Shuttleworth Trustees keeping c/r G-ADND.

    1 December 2005

    To David Malcolm Weston, Portishead, Bristol, Sylvia Mary Weston, Portishead, Bristol keeping c/r G-ADND.

    Markings Applied: YG L, W9385, 3

    3 September 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2010 LAA Rally at Sywell

    4 September 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Photo at Sywell in the UK

    1 September 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Arriving at the 2012 LAA Rally at Sywell UK

    16 July 2014


    Photographer: Ken Videan

    7 July 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day
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    United Kingdom Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
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     Terry Fletcher
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