JULY 2016
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth DE730 c/n85660,
officially registered 9H-RAF, is the first airworthy
aircraft of the Malta Aviation Museum.
Purchased as a complete, but wingless aircraft in
Autumn 2000, the Tiger Moth was previously on the
British register as G-ANFW.
Built in 1942, it served with the RAF until 1946, when
it was purchased from the Air Ministry as RAF surplus,
and was initially used at St Eval as a glider tug.
Eventually disposed of in favour of more modern
aircraft, G-ANFW found her way to the Torbay
Aircraft Museum. The museum is known to have
closed down in the eighties, and its entire collection
was auctioned off.
In 1986, the aircraft was involved in a minor accident
when it collided with a vehicle while taxiing at White
Waltham Airfield.
In August 1995, the aircraft suffered another accident
whilst taxiing at the same airfield, when it collided
with some temporary fencing, damaging the engine,
undercarriage left wingtip and tail assembly.
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