North American T-6 Harvard

North American T-6 Harvard

Harvard in RAF Desert Camouflage paintwork
History
Type	Single engine monoplane
Role	Advanced trainer
Manufacturer	North American Aviation
Number built	15,495
Primary users	USAF, RAF, RCAF, and 59 other countries
Out of service	still in private service

Remarks

400 of the Harvard I model were delivered to the RAF, the likely source for the aircraft used by this unit and others in Rhodesia and Canada where the majority of the Empire Training schools were established. The Empire Training Scheme also acquired 1,173 of the Harvard II variation and 726 of the II A model.

General characteristics

• Crew:Two (student & instructor)
• Length: 8.84 m
• Wingspan: 12.81 m
• Height: 3.57 m
• Empty weight: 1,886 kg
• Max takeoff weight: 2,548 kg
• Powerplant: 1 X Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
• Maximum speed: 335 km/h at 1,500 m
• Range: 1,175 km
• Service ceiling: 7,400 m
• Armament Provision for up to 3 x 7.62mm machine guns

Trainees

No. 22 Service Flying Training School, Southern Rhodesia

• Michael Courthope Haynes ? - 28 Apr 1941