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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-759 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA1090
    Last Civil Registration:VH-COA
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Australia Tiger Moth I...
    Latest Owner or Location:Andrew John Trafford Pitcher, Deakin, ACT

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II by de Havilland Australia.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-759.

    7 March 1958

    To Royal Victorian Aero Club, Cheltenham, Vic with new c/r VH-RVE {1}.

    7 March 1958

    To Andrew John Trafford Pitcher, Deakin, ACT with new c/r VH-COA.

    May 1963

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-COA.

    1964


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: 1964 photo at Moorabbin

    13 January 1981

    To Stuart Saunders, Curtin, ACT keeping c/r VH-COA.

    1983


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1983 photo at HMAS Nirimba, Schofields

    To S Saunders Curtin ACT keeping c/r VH-COA.

    29 November 2001

    To Raymond Peter Vuillermin, Closeburn, QLD with new c/r VH-RVE {1}.

    17 September 2005

    To Raymond Vuillermin, Closeburn, QLD keeping c/r VH-RVE {1}.

    13 May 2006

    To Stuart Saunders, Canberra Business Centre, ACT with new c/r VH-COA.

    13 May 2006

    To Stuart Saunders, Curtin, ACT keeping c/r VH-COA.

    19 December 2007

    To Mark Schabas, Elizabeth Bay, NSW keeping c/r VH-COA.

    26 February 2009

    To Andrew John Trafford Pitcher, Deakin, ACT keeping c/r VH-COA.

    4 October 2014


    Photographer: Graeme Mills
    Notes: At Luskintyre, New South Wales
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    de Havilland Aircraft Production
    Ed Coates Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection by Ed Coates
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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