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SNJ-3/5 Texan |
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SNJ-3/5 Texan Desktop Wood Model Plane
SKU: NC10321
The U.S. Navy's SNJ Texan was also designated as the AT-6 by the USAAC and Harvard by the British Commonwealth Air Forces--as best known outside of the United States. It remains a popular warbird aircraft. It is now available in a desktop model aircraft.
Delivery 7 to 10 days
Product Description
Code: NC10321
The AT-6 advanced trainer was one of the most widely used aircraft in history. It evolved from the BC-1 basic combat trainer ordered in 1937. Between 1938 and 1945, a total of 15,495 Texans were built. The USAAF procured 10,057 AT-6s. The others went to the Navy as SNJs and to more than 30 Allied nations. Most Army Air Force fighter pilots trained in AT-6s prior to graduation from flying school. Many of the "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" pilots in the Battle of Britain trained in Canada in "Harvards," the British version of the AT-6. To comply with neutrality laws, U.S. built Harvards were flown north to the border and were pushed across.
In 1948, Texans still in USAF service were redesignated as T-6s when the AT, BT and PT aircraft designations were abandoned. To meet an urgent need for close air support of ground forces in the Korean Conflict, T-6s flew "mosquito missions" spotting enemy troops and guns and marking them with smoke rockets for attack by fighter-bombers.
The Texan originated from the North American NA-16 prototype (first flown on April 1, 1935) which, modified as the NA-26, was submitted as an entry for a USAAC "Basic Combat" aircraft competition in March, 1937. The first model went in to production and 180 were supplied to the USAAC as the BC-1 and 400 to the RAF as the Harvard I. The US Navy received 16 modified aircraft, designated the SNJ-1, and a further 61 as the SNJ-2 with a different engine. Next came the AT-6A which was based on the NA-77 design and was powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-1340-49 Wasp radial engine. The USAAF received 1,549 and the US Navy 270 (as the SNJ-3).
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