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AircraftNorth American T-6H/J Harvard
United States, advanced trainer
The Harvard has been one of the most important and most well-used training planes in the history of aviation. Over 15,000 of them were built in the USA and a further 4,400 were built under licence in Canada and Australia. The Harvard has served in the air forces of over 30 different countries, many of which still use them. In the U.S. it is known as the Texan and was flown for the first time in 1938.
The British airforce, RAF, bought a large number of Harvards during the war for use in advanced training before the pilots' switched to fighters. Norwegian pilots were trained in Little Norway, Canada and at Canadian aviation schools between 1940 and 1944-45. When the Norwegian school of aviation was transferred to England in 1945, the Norwegian Airforce took over some of the RAF's T-6 aircraft. The school of aviation in England was closed down in November 1945 and 33 T-6 Harvards were flown to Norway. In 1955-56, the remaining 26 Norwegian Harvards were handed over to Turkey free of charge.
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