de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth

The DH.82 Tiger Moth was developed from the successful DH.60G Gipsy Moth and first flew from the de Havilland aircraft factory at Stag Lane in 1931.

The Tiger Moth made its greatest contribution as a wartime trainer, but was also used in a variety of roles in most theatres of operation worldwide. It was adopted for service and civilian use in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Portugal and South Africa. By the early 1950s it had been replaced in RAF service by the new de Havilland Chipmunk low wing, monoplane trainer. Since then it has remained a popular possession among sporting pilots and there are upwards of 50 Tiger Moths still flying in Britain today.

About this aircraft

This aircraft was originally T6818 in RAF service and was built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford in 1944. Little is known of its wartime service but after the war it was registered as G-ANKT.  

It was acquired by the Collection in 1966 and was rebuilt by two former engineering apprentices at Old Warden, using many components from two other Tiger Moths. Recently it has been completely overhauled and re-covered. It is now finished in the colours of the Royal Air Force Central Flying School Aerobatic Team and shows serial K2585.

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