Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-87
    Latest Model:DH-87B Hornet Moth
    Last Military Serial:X9326 RAF
    Construction Number:8027
    Last Civil Registration:G-ADOT
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-87B sn X9326 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre / Mosquito Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire / Herts, England

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DH-87B.

    From 22 June 1937 to February 1940

    To Sir Ralf Leigh Hare, Kings Lynn, Norfolk with new c/r G-ADOT.

    29 February 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n X9326.
    Impressed by the RAF.

    From Unknown to 19 May 1946

    Restored.

    From 19 May 1946 to 31 May 1946

    To Western Airways Ltd, Weakon, Somerset with new c/r G-ADOT.

    From 3 June 1946 to September 1959

    To Herts and Essex Aero Club (1946) Ltd, Abridge, Essex keeping c/r G-ADOT.

    14 October 1959

    Withdrawn from use.

    To de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre/Mosquito Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire/Herts, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    2009


    Photographer: Andy West

    11 May 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At the De Havilland Museum at London Colney
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Golden Years of Aviation
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=2264][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth, s/n X9326 RAF, c/n 8027, c/r G-ADOT[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=2264
    Copyright 1993-2025 ww.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.