Warplanes of the UK: de Havilland biplanes
de Havilland biplanes in the United Kingdom
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(Adrian Pingstone Photo)
de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee (Serial No. LF858), Reg. No. G-BLUZ, Airworthy, Bee Keepers Flying Group, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee (Serial No. unknown), composite being constructed, de Havilland Aircraft Museum at London Colney, Herfordshire.
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(Aldo Bidini Photo)
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(Alan Wilson Photo)
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. T6296), Royal Air Force Museum London, Hendon.
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(Roland Turner Photo)
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(David Merrett Photo)
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. DE998), Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgshire.
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(Tim Felce Photos)
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. K2585), Reg. No. TBC, The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. T7793), Reg. No. TBC, Croydon Airport Visitor Centre, London.
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(Les Rickman Photo)
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(Ian Kirk Photos)
de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth (Serial No. 8033), Reg. No. G-ADKK, Compton Abbas airfield, Dorset.
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(Ken Fielding Photos)
de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth (Serial No. W9385), Reg. No. G-ADND, David and Sylvia Weston, Kemble, Glos. Airworthy.
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(Alec Wilson Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No. TBC), Reg. No. G-ADAH, in the livery of Allied Airways, is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.
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(Alec Wilson Photo)
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(Allen Watkin Photo)
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(Roland Turner Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No.), British European Airways colours, Reg. No. G-AGSH), The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
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(Tony Hisgett Photo)
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(Alec Wilson Photo)
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(Adrian Pingstone Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-AGTM, airworthy, operated by the Classic Air Force before it closed in 2016.
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(Alan Wilson Photo)
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(Oren Rozen Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-AHAG, in the livery of Scillonia Airways, airworthy, based at Membury airfield, Berkshire.
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(IWM Photo CH 2731)
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(IWM Photo CH 2729)
de Havilland DH.89 Rapide and DH.89A Rapide ambulance aircraft, (Serial No. Z7258), ?Women of the Empire? and (Serial No. Z7261), ?Women of Britain?, at Hendon, Middlesex, the day before they were presented to No. 24 Squadron RAF by the ?Silver Thimble Fund?. Originally civilian aircraft, Reg. No. Z7258 (G-AFMH) and Reg. No. Z7261 (G-AFMJ), these aircraft were impressed for the RAF in July 1940.
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(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No. NR786), Reg. No. G-AHGD, painted as Z-7258, "Women of the Empire", Mildenhall.
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(Alan Wilson Photos)
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(Rod Hodgkins Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dominie Mk. 6 (Serial No. TX310), Reg. No. G-AIDL, airworthy and flown from the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum in Tangmere, West Sussex.
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(Tony Hisgett Photos)
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(Alan Wilson Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-AKIF airworthy, based at Duxford, England airfield for tourist flights.
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(Tim
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(Trevor Marron Photo)
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(Tony Hissgett Photos)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No. HG691), Reg. No. G-AIYR, Classic Wings, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Airworthy.
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(Rob Mitchell Photo)
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(Alan Wilson Photo)
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (Serial No. X7344), Reg. No. G-AGJG, Mark and David Miller, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Airworthy. Ex-RAF Dominie G-AIDL was flown by Allied Airways in the late 1940s, Fox's Confectionery 1950–59, the Army Parachute Association 1967–77 and Air Atlantique Classic Flight 1995–2009. Since 2009 it has flown from Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.