This Dominie was built in 1944 and carried RAF serial number NR695. It was sold to the government of India in 1945, then sold again to a private concern in 1946. Eventually, it came to the United States where it was modified to the civilian Dragon Rapide passenger configuration seen here. It was obtained by the museum and flown here in November 1989. The aircraft will be modified and painted to represent one of the six Dominies flown by the USAAF during World War II.
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DH.89 Dominie
The Dominie was built in the U.K. as a military version of the DH 89 Dragon Rapide, an eight-passenger civilian light transport. The DH 89 was first flown in 1934. Six were used by the USAAF's Eighth Air Force between 1942 and 1944.