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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:Chipmunk T.10
    Last Military Serial:WB675 RAF
    Construction Number:C1-0123
    Last Civil Registration:VH-AKB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 s...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ronald John Ennis, Rothwell, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    1950

    Constructed as a Chipmunk T.10.

    11 August 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WB675.

    September 1956

    To Newcastle Aero Club with new c/r VH-RNI.

    19 December 1958

    To Philip Jeffery Turner, Ho Chi Minh City with new c/r VH-AKB.

    From 1961 to 1964

    To Royal Victorian Aero Club with new c/r VH-RVH.

    1964

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-AKB.

    29 March 1995

    To Bix Technology Pty Limited, West Pennant Hills, NSW keeping c/r VH-AKB.

    22 May 2006

    To Airborne Aviation Pty Ltd, Camden, NSW keeping c/r VH-AKB.

    15 September 2010

    To Lesley Anne Traverso, Elderslie, NSW keeping c/r VH-AKB.

    15 September 2010

    Operated by Airborne Aviation Pty Ltd.

    17 January 2014

    To Philip Jeffery Turner, Ho Chi Minh City keeping c/r VH-AKB.
    Markings added: WB675 / 23

    18 December 2014

    Operated by Matthew Todd Webber.

    5 December 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Camden, NSW

    18 March 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Attending the Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association at Echuca, Victoria.

    7 December 2019

    To Ronald John Ennis, Rothwell, QLD keeping c/r VH-AKB.

    17 November 2024


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 T.10 Chipmunk VH-AKB on approach to Watts for Breakfast November 2024 fly-in event.Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield, Cressbrook, Queensland, Australia.
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    Ed Coates Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection by Ed Coates
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