De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T10, WG420 / C1/0494, Royal Air Force
Registration: WG420
Construction Number: C1/0494
Code Number: C
Military Unit: Bristol UAS
Model De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T10
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: Bristol - Filton (FZO / EGTG), UK - England
Airshow: Bristol-Filton - Air Show - 1968
Photographer: Bill Fisher
Date Taken: 15/06/1968
Date Submitted: 02/12/2015
Sold in 4/75 to become G-BDBN and subsequently sold to South Africa as ZS-JVS, later ZS-URX. The aircraft was purchased from the MOD, then collected from Kemble and flown to Duxford for its C of A inspection after the aircraft was test flown by Ormond Haydon-Baillie. After a brief stay at Andrewsfield, the aircraft was operated from a private strip in Good Easter. The aircraft was subsequently sold to Mike Spence in South Africa.
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