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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:DH-82C Tiger Moth
    Last Military Serial:8965 RCAF
    Construction Number:1767
    Last Civil Registration:N8966
    Compressed ID:deHavilland Canada DH-82C sn 8965 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Iowa Aviation Museum, Greenfield Municipal Airport, Greenfield, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DH-82C by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    25 June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 8965.

    25 June 1942

    Assigned to No. 1 Training Command, Toronto for storage.

    20 July 1942

    Transferred to No. 12 Technical Detachment.

    1 August 1942

    Transferred to No. 3 Flying Instructors School/No. 3 Training Command, Arnprior, ON.

    24 July 1944

    Transferred to No. 3 Training Command, Trenton, ON.
    Pending disposal.

    15 January 1945

    No.3 Training Command reorganized as No.1 Air Command. Still pending disposal.

    8 February 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
    To War Assets Corporation.

    8 February 1945

    Transferred to No. 302 Aircraft Holding Unit, Windsor Mills.
    For sale.

    14 June 1945

    To Royal Canadian Flying Club Association, Ottawa.

    June 1945

    To Kingston Flying Club, Kingston, ON.

    June 1945

    Civil registration CF-CVB reserved but not taken up.

    1 June 1947

    To Queens Gliding Club, Kingston.

    June 1947

    Markings Applied: CF-FEN
    Overhauled by Weston Aircraft Ltd, Oshawa and marked with c/r requested.

    3 May 1948

    Assigned civil registration: CF-FEN

    3 November 1958

    To C. V. Hyderman, Oshawa, ON.

    13 January 1959

    Assigned civil registration: CF-FEN

    1 April 1961

    To Gatineau Gliding Club, Ottawa.

    25 April 1961

    Assigned civil registration: CF-FEN

    27 June 1964

    To Robert F Pearce, Barrie, ON.

    8 July 1964

    Assigned civil registration: CF-FEN

    5 September 1966

    To John Schildberg, Greenfield, IA.

    7 September 1966

    Assigned civil registration: N8966

    18 November 1966

    Civil registration, CF-FEN, cancelled.

    6 May 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX8966 (TIGER MOTH DH-82C, 1767) issued.

    18 June 1985

    To Yvonne M. Schildberg, Greenfield, IA.

    7 August 1985

    Assigned civil registration: N8966

    27 November 1989

    To Antique Preservation Association, Greenfield, IA.

    5 January 1990

    Assigned civil registration: N8966

    Operated by Iowa Aviation Museum, Greenfield Municipal Airport, Greenfield, IA.
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    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX8966 (TIGER MOTH DH-82C, 1767) issued.

    25 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    13 November 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield


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