1953 CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MKIV

1953

CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY

HARVARD MKIV

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For someone looking to acquire a pristine, fully-restored, combat veteran T-6/Harvard, it is hard to imagine a better example anywhere in the world. The ‘Harvard’ is an American designed aircraft used extensively as a single-engined advanced fighter trainer for military pilots. After World War II, under the Mutual Defence Assistance Program (MDAP), Canadian Car & Foundry (CC&F) in Fort William, Ontario, built the Harvard Mk. IV Aircraft. The Mk. IV was similar to the US Air Force T-6G Texan. CC&F built 555 Mk. IVs in total, of which many were supplied to European Air Forces to train post war military pilots, a number of these also went on to serve in post WWII conflicts. This Aircraft initially served with the West German Luftwaffe until 1955 when it was sold to the Portuguese Air Force. The aircraft saw action in Mozambique following a long military campaign before eventually being retired from Military Service in 1995 and subsequently sold to a Private owner in South Africa. The Aircraft then went through a ‘ground up’ rebuild and is widely considered one of the finest examples flying today.

The aircraft has a remarkable service history, and has recently completed a complete, ground-up restoration to factory-fresh condition… something rarely afforded a two-seat trainer. The U.S. Air Force ordered this Harvard, as part of a production batch of 285 examples manufactured by Canadian Car & Foundry (CCF) at their plant in Fort William, Ontario. CCF built these Harvards to U.S. Air Force specifications comparable to the North American T-6G Texan, but designated them as T-6Js for export to NATO countries under the Mutual Assistance Program.

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