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    Airframe Family: Percival P-50 Prince / P-54 Survey Prince / P-57 Sea Prince
    Latest Model:Sea Prince T.1
    Last Military Serial:WF133 RN
    Construction Number:PAC/57/31
    Last Civil Registration:C-GJIE
    Compressed ID:Percival Sea Prince T.1 sn WF133 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Toronto Aerospace Museum, Toronto, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a Sea Prince T.1.

    28 April 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WF133.

    Transferred to 750 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 567, CU

    8 September 1980

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Navy.

    22 September 1980

    To Cotswold Air Restoration Group with new c/r G-BIDN.

    22 September 1980

    To Terry S. Warren, Sandown, Isle of Wight keeping c/r G-BIDN.

    4 February 1981

    To Atlantic and Caribbean Aviation Ltd, Staverton keeping c/r G-BIDN.

    10 May 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Innsworth (Staverton) Airshow

    10 May 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    October 1984

    To unknown owner with c/r N57AW.

    13 November 1984

    Civil registration, G-BIDN, cancelled.

    November 1984

    To Ron Fox/Atlantis Air Link, Toronto, ON keeping c/r N57AW.

    1 March 1985

    To Cutless Express Inc, Buffalo NY keeping c/r N57AW.

    November 1985

    To A. C. Woodward, Monroeville PA keeping c/r N57AW.

    24 July 1986


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1986 photo at Oshawa ON

    9 November 1987

    To Atlantis Transportion Services, Oshawa, ON with new c/r C-GJIE.
    Operated with markings: Prince Rudolph

    From 1989 to 1999

    Withdrawn from use.
    In open storage at Oshawa, ON.

    13 November 1999

    Placed on display with Canadian Air and Space Museum, CBW Downsview (formerly), Toronto, ON.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 January 2001

    To Toronto Aerospace Museum, Toronto, ON with new c/r C-GJIE.

    27 December 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Toronto Aerospace Museum at the Downsview Airport, in Toronto, ON.

    27 August 2023


    Photographer: Ernie Szelepcsenyi
    Notes: Seen at the Orono/Hawkefield aerodrome.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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