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Sample of Original 1941 World War 2 Fabric from DeHAVILLAND 82c TIGER MOTH
No place no publisher
200.00
No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?).
Condition of the display is near fine with slight indent to top right corner and bottom left corner, and some soiling to the back.
Fabric size is 6” x 6 1/4”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap. Board size is 11” x 1
Caption underneath fabric reads: "Manufacturer's serial number DHC-1073. Constructed on April 8, 1941 in a lot of 136 fitted with a 120 h.p. Menasco engine for the RCAF. It served as trainer S/N 4882, and was struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft is fully restored to original flying condition and currently owned and operated by "The Tiger Boys" Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."
According to online records this plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: "With No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario. Had 447:15 airframe time when struck off. To civil register post war as CF-DGD, based at Guelph, Ontario. Wrecked during Hurricane Hazel in 1959, deregistered. Later registered as CF-TBS. Reported owned by M. Woods of Killarney, Manitoba from 2 January 1968, but not confirmed. Registration cancelled in 2000. Now one of the Tigerboys Tiger Moths at Guelph. Registered to T. Dietrich of Kitchener, Ontario et al. Owners since 12 January 2006, latest Certification of Registration issued on 3 April 2006. On display at CFB Trenton air show in July 2009. Sold to Bradley Hieronimus 2017. Current 2023." [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.]
According to online records this plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: "With No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario. Had 447:15 airframe time when struck off. To civil register post war as CF-DGD, based at Guelph, Ontario. Wrecked during Hurricane Hazel in 1959, deregistered. Later registered as CF-TBS. Reported owned by M. Woods of Killarney, Manitoba from 2 January 1968, but not confirmed. Registration cancelled in 2000. Now one of the Tigerboys Tiger Moths at Guelph. Registered to T. Dietrich of Kitchener, Ontario et al. Owners since 12 January 2006, latest Certification of Registration issued on 3 April 2006. On display at CFB Trenton air show in July 2009. Sold to Bradley Hieronimus 2017. Current 2023." [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.]
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