Warplanes of the UK: North American Harvard and North American Texan

North American Harvard

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North American Harvard Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 3091), c/n 81-4013, AF-091, Reg. No. G-CPPM, Bruntingthorpe.

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Noordyn Harvard Mk. IbI, USAAC (Serial No. 42-892), c/n 14-429, built by Noorduyn Aviation in Montreal, Quebec in 1942.  Allocated RAF (Serial No. FE695), BCATP, Mo. 94.  Harvard FE695 was brought on charge in December 1942 with No.1 Training Command, and provided sterling service across Eastern and Central Ontario until November 1945 when she was placed into storage at Dunnville with 1449:30 hours logged on the airframe. FE695 was struck off by the RCAF in June 1947. Following refurbishment she was taken on charge by the Swedish Air Force under the type designation Sk-16A (Serial N. Fv16105), Reg. No. G-BTXI.  The Fighter Collection, Duxford.  A version of the North American T-6 Texan that was  It served as a trainer with the RCAF, and then the Swedish Air Force until 1972.  It joined The Fighter Collection in 1990.

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Noordyn Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No. FE511), ex-RCAF, ex-Swedish Air Force, Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden.  This aircraft has been restored and flew on 14 March 2017.

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North American Harvard Mk. III, (Serial No. 41-33949), (Serial No. EX976), Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.

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North American Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No. KF488), Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Dorset.

North American Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-TVIJ, Robert W. Davies, Woodchurch Airfield.

North American AT-6C Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-TSIX, Anthony Cundall, Linton-on-Ouse.

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North American AT-6D Texan (Serial No. 42-4415), Reg. No. G-TOMC, Adrian Marshall, being restored.

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North American AT-6D Texan (Serial No. 313048), Reg. No. G-TDJN, David Nock.

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s. Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the United States Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it is best known outside the US. Starting in 1948, the new United States Air Force (USAF) designated it the T-6, with the USN following in 1962. It remains a popular warbird used for airshow demonstrations and static displays. It has also been used many times to simulate various historical aircraft, including the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built. The Texan's ancestry goes back to the North American NA-16 prototype which was first flown on April 1, 1935. In 1935, NAA submitted this design for the U.S. Army Air Corps Basic Trainer Competition. NAA also targeted the export market. (Wikipedia)

North American Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-RAIX, Malcolm Paul. Lee-on-Solent.

North American Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-HRVD, Phil Earthy, (Ex-CCF4-541, 53-4622, BF+055).

North American Harvard AT-6D (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-ELMH, Maurice Hammond, Hardwick Warbirds.

North American Harvard Mk. II (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-CCPM, Steven Wilch.  Ex-RCAF (Serial No. 3019), being restored.

North American SNJ-7 Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BRBG, David Jon Gilmour, North Weald.

North American Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-CTKL, Michael Rowland Simpson, Biggin Hill.

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North American Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BUKY, Neil Oakman and Mike Cumming, Duxford.

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North American Harvard Mk. IV ex-(Serial No. KF729), Reg. No. G-BJST, now painted as (Serial No. AJ841), A. Goodall, G. Fricker, B. Jones and M. Cumming, Duxford.

North American AT-16 Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-CGYM, Reflight Airworks Ltd.

North American AT-16 Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-CCOY, Classic Flying Machine Collection.

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North American Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No. 42-12392), c/n 14-639.  Built in Canada in 1943 by Noorduyn.  RCAF (Serial No. FE905).  In 1946 it was stored until joining the Royal Danish Air Force in September 1950 as (Serial No. 31-329).  Sold in 1960, it became 'LN-BNM'.  It's last flight was in 1968, and in 1972 it joined the Historic Aircraft Museum at Southend.  When the museum was auctioned off in 1983, the Harvard was bought by Paul Raymond for his Whitehall Theatre of War.  In 1985 it was purchased by the RAF Museum and was later restored at RAF Cardington.  It was initially display on loan at the Newark Air Museum, but in 1994 it moved to Hendon.  it is currently on display in the Historic Main Hangars, RAF Museum, Hendon, London.

North American Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BZHL, Ronald Henry Cooper.

North American Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No. 42-12417), being restored at the Newark Air Museum. Rx-RCAF (Serial No. FE930), ex Royal Netherlands AF (Serial No. B-163).

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North American Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BSBG, Anthony Paul St John.

North American Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-CHYN, Robert F. Warner.

North American AT-6C Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BICE, Colin Malcom, Lewis Edwards.

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North American (Canadian Car & Foundry) Harvard Mk. IV, CCF4-538, built as a T-6J, USAF (Serial No. 53-4619), Luftwaffe (Serial No. AA+050) and (Serial No. BF+050), previously painted as RCAF (Serial No. 20385), Portuguese Air Force (Serial No. 1747), Reg. No. G-BGPB, Aircraft Spares and Materials, Duxford.

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North American AT-6D Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BGOR, Patrick Meyrick, Goodwood.

North American AT-16 Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-AZSC, Goodwood Road Racing Co.

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North American AT-16 Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-AZBN, Swaygate Ltd, Duxford.

North American T-6G Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BGHU, Christopher Edward Bellhouse.

North American T-6G Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BKRA, First Air Ltd.

North American T-6G Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-BRBC, Anthony Patrick Murphy.

North American T-6G Texan (Serial No.), Reg. No. G-DDMV, Colin Dabin.

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