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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:R4759 RAF
    Construction Number:82700
    Last Civil Registration:N4759
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn R4759...
    Latest Owner or Location:Michael V. Hirsch, Cambridge, MA

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n R4759.

    24 December 1953

    To unknown owner with c/r G-ANKN (DH82A TIGER MOTH, 82700).

    12 November 1971

    To Colonial Flying Corps Museum Inc, Toughkenamon, PA with new c/r N4808.

    Based at Colonial Flying Corps Museum, New Garden Airport, Toughkenamon, PA.
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    Markings Applied: N4808

    15 May 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX4808 (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, 4759) issued.

    1 May 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4808 (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, R4759) issued.

    Circa 18 August 1994


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow in Batavia, NY.

    17 August 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Batavia, New York.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX4808 (TIGER MOTH DH 82A, 4759) issued.

    5 March 2018

    Civil registration, N4808, cancelled.

    19 November 2019

    To Michael V. Hirsch, Cambridge, MA with new c/r N4808.

    15 August 2022

    To Michael V. Hirsch, Cambridge, MA with new c/r N4759.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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