With a selling price of only £575[1] the Moth Minor was popular with flying clubs keen to acquire modern monoplanes.

During World War two, de Havilland took over the small grass airfield at Witney in Oxfordshire where they operated as a Civilian Repair Organisation on behalf of the British Government.

An ex-Battle of Britain RAF pilot had been posted in to Witney to carry out the test flights as the aircraft were completed by the factory but he was de-mobbed as the war drew to an end, and test-flights carried out by de Havilland pilots who flew down to Witney from Hatfield.

An experimental variant with a tricycle landing gear and canopy over the rear seat was first flown on 29 April 1940.

[3] United Kingdom Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Vol 2 [1]General characteristics Performance A number of Moth Minors have survived, including: