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    Airframe Family: Hawker Tempest
    Latest Model:Tempest II
    Last Military Serial:HA604 RAF
    Construction Number:1181
    Last Civil Registration:G-PEST
    Compressed ID:Hawker Tempest II sn HA604 RAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd, The Grange, Great Canfield, Dunmow

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a Tempest II by Hawker at Langley, Berks.

    1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n MW401.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n HA604.

    From 1979 to By 1980

    To Warbirds of Great Britain Ltd/Douglas W. Arnold, Blackbushe.

    1979

    Transported by ship.
    Arrived crated at Blackbushe from India.

    1988

    To Autokraft Ltd/Brian Angliss, Brooklands.

    From 9 October 1989 to By 1996

    To Autokraft Limited, Brooklands with new c/r G-PEST.

    From 1990 to 1996

    Stored pending restoration at Brooklands.

    October 1996

    To Tempest Two Ltd/Gerry Cooper, Sandtoft.

    From Unknown to By 2008

    To Tempest Two Ltd/Gerry Cooper, Gamston.

    November 1996

    Transported by ground.
    Trucked from Brooklands to Sandtoft.

    Placed in storage at Brooklands.

    From 1997 to 1999

    Stored at Sandtoft.

    From 2000 to 2001

    Stored at Hemswell.

    From 2006 to 2007

    Stored at Wickenby.

    2008

    To Tangmere Flight/E. Nick Grace, Tangmere.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Wickenby, Lincolnshire/Lincs, England.
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    To Chris Miller Private Collection, David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, TX.
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    12 April 2016

    To Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd, The Grange, Great Canfield, Dunmow keeping c/r G-PEST.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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