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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:Chipmunk T.10
    Last Military Serial:WB614 RAF
    Construction Number:C1-0055
    Last Civil Registration:VH-BWB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 s...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Aero Club of South Australia

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    Dates

    Event

    1950

    Constructed as a Chipmunk T.10.

    From 27 April 1950 to 26 June 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WB614.

    To Royal Aero Club of South Australia with new c/r VH-BWB.

    December 1962


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: At Adelaide Parafield

    2 February 1964

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Destroyed when it failed to recover from solo spin practice in the Parafield training area, seriously injuring the pilot, Miss D. Workman. The machine came to rest in the grounds of the South Australian Gas Co at Port Adelaide. Fortunately Miss Workman survived the incident.
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