X7454 Wee Willy

De Havilland DH89 Dominie X7454, impressed into RAF service, one of 6 Dominies transferred to the 8th AF USAAF.



Taken on charge as X7454 against Contract No B.104592/40 at ATA White Waltham 2-Jan-42. To 4 FPP [Jun-43]. Damaged taxying Prestwick 8-Jun-43; to DH for repairs 23-Aug-43; to 18 MU 17-Nov-43. To USAAF 5-Apr-44 and to 27th ATG, Abbots Ripton. To 57 OTU Hawarden 17-Aug-44. To 10 Group Comm Flight, Colerne 3-Sep-44. To de Havilland for maintenance 20-Feb-45. To Controller Research & Development at Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, South Marston 1-Jun-45; to Castle Bromwich 30-Aug-45. Psoc 1-Jul-47. Regd G-AHKB (CofR 10124) 16-Apr-46 to Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, South Marston. CofA 7640 issued 11-May-46. Regd (by 1951) to Vickers-Armstrong (Aircraft) Ltd. Regd (and dd) 2-Apr-59 to Vivian Hampson Bellamy t/a Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Eastleigh. Regn cld 16-Oct-61 as sold in France; inspected Dinard 30-Oct-61. Regd F-BEKB 29-Nov-61 to Ateliers Aeronautiques de la Cote d'Emeraude [Rousseau Aviation], Dinard; operated by RF Para Club, Bergerac. Regd Aug-62 to Etat SFATAT, Bergerac. Regd 28-Dec-64.

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Event Location Date Description

Delivered

White Waltham, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead SL6, UK 2 January 1942 Delivered to ATA White Waltham 2-Jan-42.

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Assigned

Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 5 April 1944 - 16 August 1944 Assigned to USAAF 5-Apr-44 and to 27th ATG, Abbots Ripton.

Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK Built at de Havilland.