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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:D Plus
    Last Military Serial:LB312 RAF
    Construction Number:0171
    Last Civil Registration:G-AHXE
    Compressed ID:Auster D sn LB312 RAF cn 0171 cr G-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aircraft Flight Trust, Middle Wallop

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a D by Auster.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n LB312.

    9 July 1946

    To Cinque Ports Flying Club Ltd with new c/r G-AHXE.

    24 July 1946

    To Hunting Flying Club, Luton Airport keeping c/r G-AHXE.

    4 August 1949

    To Alexander Stuart MacKenzie-Low keeping c/r G-AHXE.

    21 July 1951


    Photographer: via Tony Clarke
    Notes: At RAF Hendon

    6 January 1952

    To Geoffrey Melvill-Jones keeping c/r G-AHXE.

    From 24 May 1966 to 17 January 1973

    To Joseph Eric Stephenson keeping c/r G-AHXE.

    From 17 December 1976 to 22 January 2019

    To Jennifer Mary Charlton, Pothecary, Newton Toney, Salisbury keeping c/r G-AHXE.

    1978


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: 1978 photo at Old Warden

    27 May 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This Taylorcraft attended the 1978 Bassingbourn Air Show as LB312.

    To Netheravon Airfield, Netheravon, Wiltshire, England.
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    8 December 2020

    To Historic Aircraft Flight Trust, Middle Wallop keeping c/r G-AHXE.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Geoffrey Melvill-Jones
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