The DeHavilland Tiger Moth G-ANNN began life in 1940 when, after construction at the DeHavilland factory at Hatfield, the new aircraft was issued to the Royal Air Force with the service serial T5968. Her career began badly when she was blown over in a gale at 57 Operational Training Unit at Hawarden on 13th August 1941. After repairs the aeroplane was issued to 28 Elementary Flying School, Wolverhampton, where she met with a further accident when she was struck by another Tiger, R4849, which had skidded off an icy grass runway whilst landing. Again repaired, T5968 moved around various units before becoming part of RAF Wattisham's Station Flight in June 1953.

During the Battle of Britain display that year at Wattisham the aeroplane stalled at the top of a loop during an aerobatic display. The engine stopped and the pilot had to make a false landing damaging the wings. Two weeks later she was withdrawn from use and declared surplus. The airframe was sold to East Anglian Flying Services Ltd at Southend and, although registered as G-ANNN, she was never converted to civilian standard. Following several moves around the country, and use as a source of spares for other Tigers, she finished up in the hands of John Hewson. It is John's intention to see 'NNN in the air again but in the meantime has delivered the aeroplane to Thorpe Camp where restoration to static display standard has begun.

The Tiger Moth first flew in September 1931 and was adopted as the standard training aeroplane for the RAF, the first service aeroplanes bring delivered to Grantham (Spitalgate) that year. Almost every wartime pilot flew a Tiger Moth during his flying career and the type continued in service until well into the 1950's. Over 8,000 Tigers were constructed, 6,275 in Britain, the remainder in various foreign countries.