INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

North American SNJ/AT-6 Harvard/Texan

Type

Total Number 2000

FAA notes 1999-2000

Threat Status 1999-2000

Changes
1999-2000

North American Harvard

592 (+?) TOTAL

Reported to be over 350 airworthy in the US and around the world, with over 42 airworthy preserved aircraft in museums or with historic flights.

There are 30 flying examples in Australia, 30 in South Africa, 50 in Canada, and at least 16 New Zealand aircraft.

Over 92 Harvards are preserved as static airframes worldwide

No information on whether there are any wartime FAA aircraft preserved other than EX976 in the FAA Museum (UK)

Various under Restoration

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North American Harvard - airworthy totals
Status/total airworthy	Civil RegistrationNumber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator/Country	Condition/Notes
30	See Australian Civil Register		all types		Australia	Airworthy
30	See South African Civil Register		all types		South Africa	Airworthy
46	See "Harvard" listing in the Canadian Civil Register		all types		Canada	Airworthy
16	See New Zealand Civil Register		all types		New Zealand	Airworthy
	See Indian Civil Register		all types		India	Airworthy
27	See UK Civil Register aircraft type "Harvard" and "Texan"		all types		UK	Airworthy
350-500	See US Civil Register		all types		USA	Airworthy
?? No info	Others		all types		Other countries	Airworthy


North American Harvard - airworthy preserved aircraft (excluding aircraft in private ownership)
Status	Civil RegistrationNumber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	VH-SFY	BuNo: 41-33840 EX867 NZ1060	Harvard III	-	RAAF Museum Point Cook, Victoria (Australia)	Airworthy - preserved
	C-FMGZ	2557 RCAF	Manufactured by the North American Aviation Inc. 1941 Harvard II	In all yellow training colours	Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum (BCATP), Brandon (Canada)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	Built Canadian Car and Foundry in November 1951.	Harvard IV	In all yellow training colours. See photos	Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, ONT (Canada)	Airworthy - Preserved
	-	HT 291	Harvard	painted in bright yellow	Indian Air Force Museum Vintage Aircraft Flight (India)	Airworthy - Preserved
	-	7024 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7028 (AOS) SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7059 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7152 (AOP) SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7156 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7166 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7306 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7592 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7643 (AOX) SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	7661 SAAF	-	-	Harvard Club of South Africa (South Africa) SAAF aircraft	Airworthy Preserved
	-	-	Harvard (T6 Texan)	See photo	Swartkops Museum, Pretoria (South Africa)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-AZSC B-19,PH-SKK	BuNo: 43-13064 FT323 C/N: 14A/1363	Noorduyn Harvard IIB [North American NA-77 (AT-16)]	-	Imperial War Museum, Duxford (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BDAM	FE992 42-12479,FE992,Fv16047,LN-MAA	Noorduyn Harvard IIB [North American NA-77 (AT-16)]	Marked in wartime camouflage and coded "T-T". See photo	Harvard Formation, Imperial War Museum, Duxford (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BTXI	FE695 [94] BuNo: 42-892 Fv.16105	AT-16, Harvard IIb	All silver markings and coded "94". see photo	The Fighter Collection (UK)	Airworthy after restoration 1996
	G-BGPB	20385 BuNo: 53-4619, AA+050,BG+050 FAP1747	T 6 Harvard IV/Texan	-	Imperial War Museum - Duxford (UK) J.Romain	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BRWB	114526 BuNo: 51-14526	North American NA.168 Texan (T-6G-NF)	-	R.Clifford, Imperial War Museum - Duxford (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BIWX	-	Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard 4 [North American NA-186]	Marked as "FT239"	The Squadron, North Weald (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BKCK	-	Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard 4 [North American NA-186]	Marked as "P5865"	The Squadron, North Weald (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BRLV N90448	RCAF.20403	Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard 4 [North American NA-186]	Marked as "93542"	The Squadron, North Weald (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-CTKL	C/N: RM-12 RM-12 MM54137	North American NA-88 Texan (AT-6D) (SNK-5) (SNJ-7)	Marked as "54317"	The Squadron, North Weald (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	G-BUKY	52-8543	Harvard II	Marked in US colours and US "Navy"	Real Aeroplane Company, Breighton, Yorks (UK)	Airworthy - Preserved
	-	-	Harvard IIb	In all yellow training colours	Gilze-Rijen Flight (Stichting Vliegsport Gilze-Rijen)(Netherlands)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	-	Harvard IIb	In all yellow training colours	Gilze-Rijen Flight (Stichting Vliegsport Gilze-Rijen)(Netherlands)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	-	Harvard IIb	In all yellow training colours	Gilze-Rijen Flight (Stichting Vliegsport Gilze-Rijen)(Netherlands)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	-	Harvard IIb	In all yellow training colours	Gilze-Rijen Flight (Stichting Vliegsport Gilze-Rijen)(Netherlands)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	NZ1009 (c/n 88-9266) BuNo: 41-33160 EX187 INST211	Harvard IIa	-	RNZAF Historic Flight, Ohakea (New Zealand)	Airworthy - reserve aircraft for the Flight
	-	NZ1015 (c/n 88-9272) BuNo: 41-33166 EX193	Harvard II	-	RNZAF Historic Flight, Ohakea (New Zealand)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	NZ1083 (c/n 88-16144) BuNo: 42-84363 EZ300 INST212	Harvard III	-	RNZAF Historic Flight, Ohakea (New Zealand)	Airworthy - reserve aircraft for the Flight
	ZK-ENE	(c/n CCF4-153) ex RCAF 20362	Harvard III	Marked in US "Navy' colours and code "66"	New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum and Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka (New Zealand) Ex RNZAF, Ex Old Flying Machine Co (UK). Represented a Mitsubishi A6M2 'Zeke' for the film 'Tora Tora Tora'	Airworthy Preserved
	N24554	Bu No:027753	SNJ-4B	-	Mid Atlantic Air Museum, Reading (USA)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	Bu No:42-84844 Aircraft re-mfg as 53-4568	AT-6D-NT	-	Wings of Freedom Museum Huntingdon, IN (USA)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	Bu No:53-04568 Aircraft previously 42-84844	T-6G-NF	-	Wings of Freedom Museum, Huntingdon, IN (USA)	Airworthy Preserved
	-N6625C	Bu No:49-03100 N6625C originally T6 42-4028	T6G	-	Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	Bu No:41-4601	AT-6A	-	Lone Star Flight Museum Galveston, TX (USA)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	Unknown. Built in 1954	Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard T-6	-	Lone Star flight Museum Galverston, TX (USA)	Airworthy Preserved
	-	-	NA T-6 Texan	Marked with US Navy colours "NAVY' and code "ZE 25". See photo	Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia WA, USA	Airworthy - Preserved
	-	-	NA T-6 Texan	Marked with "6N6". See photo	Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia WA, USA	Airworthy - preserved
	LN-TEX	-	Norduyn Harvard II/AT-6G	-	Scandinavian Historic Flight, Oslo (Norway) Ex Portugese Air Force	Airworthy - Preserved
	-	115237 LA232	NA T-6 Texan	Marked with shark teeth nose and all yellow colour. See photo	Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis Aérodrome de Cerny-la Ferté-Alais (France)	Airworthy Preserved

North American Harvard - preserved static aircraft
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	-	NZ1034 EX589 BuNo: 41-33562	Harvard IIa	-	RAAF Museum (Australia)	Static
	-	AT-6C Harvard 11a	AT-6C Harvard 11a	-	HARS Group (Australia)	Static
	-	2532 (RCAF)	Harvard	In wartime training all yellow colours and "2532"	Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum from the National Aviation Museum of Canada on a ten year loan Saw service as part of the British Air Commonwealth Training Plan (BACTP) at the RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada).	Static
	Restored as VH-TEX	NZ1006	North American Harvard	-	CFB Shearwater, Shearwater Aviation Museum (Canada) Ex RCN	Static
	-	20387 (RCAF)		-	National Aviation Museum of Canada Ex RCAF	Static
	-	3840 (RCAF)		-	National Aviation Museum of Canada Ex RCAF	Static
	-	EX976 BuNo: 41-33949	Harvard III NA-88 Texan (AT-6D)	-	FAA Museum (UK)	Static
	-	'20385'	Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard 4 [North American NA-186 (T-6J)]	-	Aircraft Restoration Co. (British Aerial Museum)(UK)	Static
	-	KF487	Noorduyn Harvard IIB [North American NA-77]	-	Aircraft Restoration Co. (British Aerial Museum)(UK)	Static
	-	Bu No: 41-32473	North American NA-88 Texan (AT-6C)	-	Aircraft Restoration Co. (British Aerial Museum)(UK)	Static
	D-FABE	-	T-6J (Harvard IV)	-	Island Aeroplane Company, Sandown Aerodrome, Isle of Wight (UK)	Static
	-	IIB FE905	Harvard IIb [North American NA-77 (AT-16)]	Marked with all yellow training colours	RAF Museum Hendon (UK)	Static
	-	KF532	NA Harvard IIB (cockpit)	-	Newark Air Museum (UK)	Static NA Harvard IIB (cockpit)
	"LN-AMY"	-	AT-6D Texan	marked "TA-849". See photo	American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford (UK)	Static
	-	FE984	T 6 Harvard II B	-	Imperial War Museum - Duxford (UK)	Static
	-	BuNo: 88-8739 H-39 EX222	AT-6C Harvard III	-	Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Brussels (Belgium)	Static
	-	H21 EZ256	AT-6D Harvard I	-	Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Brussels (Belgium)	Static
	-	S/N 14A-1100 BuNo: 43-12801 E184	Noorduyn AT 16 Texan	markings of a Dutch Fleet Air Arm Aircraft	Militare Luchtvaart Museum (Netherlands)	Static
	-	S/N 14-641 BuNo: 42-11394 B 64	Noorduyn AT 16 Texan	-	Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Soesterberg (Netherlands)	Static
	-	S/N 14A-808 BuNo: 43-12509, -182	North American AT 6 Harvard II B	-	Aviodome - National Aeronautical Museum, Amsterdam, (Netherlands)	Static
	-	U-328	North American AT 16 Harvard II B	-	Museum der Schweizerischen Fliegertruppen, Zürich Dübendorf (Switzerland)	Static
	-	AA+615	North American T 6 Harvard	-	Luftwaffenmuseum, Berlin-Gatow (Germany)	Static
	F-EDEM	S/N 121-42500	North American NA-121 (AT 6 F) Texan	-	Flugausstellung Leo Junior, Hermeskeil (Germany)	Static
	-	FT454	North American T 6 Harvard	Marked with wartime camouflage and RAF roundels	Auto + Technik Museum, Sinsheim (Germany)	Static
	D-FOBY	S/N 77-4176	North American AT 6 A Texan	-	Albatros-Flugmuseum, Stuttgart (Germany)	Static
	-	-	North American T 6 Harvard	-	Internationales Luftfahrt-Museum, Villingen-Schwenningen (Germany)	Static
	-	S/N C6-155	North American AT 6 Texan	-	Museo de Aeronautica y Astronautica, Madrid (Spain)	Static
	-	-	North American T 6 Texan (Zero)	Marked as Zero	Musée de l'Air et de L'Espace, Paris / Le Bourget (France)	Static
	-	-	North American T 6 Texan (Hellcat)	Marked as Hellcat	Musée de l'Air et de L'Espace, Paris / Le Bourget (France)	Static
	-	-	North American T 6 Texan	Marked with all yellow training colours and "RM"	Musée de l'Air et de L'Espace, Paris / Le Bourget (France)	Static
	-	MM 54114	North American AT 6 Texan	Marked with "RM-18" and all orange Italian military colour scheme	Museo Nazionale Della Scienza e Della Tecnica, Milano (Italy)	Static
	-	NZ1050 (c/n 88-13907 ex 41-33766, EX793, INST207)	Harvard IIa	-	RNZAF Wigram (New Zealand) Gate Guardian aircraft	Static - gate guardian
	-	NZ1058	Harvard	-	Ferrymead Aeronautical Society (New Zealand)	Static
	-	NZ1087 (c/n 88-16326 ex 42-84545, EZ331, INST213)	Harvard Mk III	On display with markings of Harvard MkII "NZ938"	RNZAF Museum (New Zealand)	Static
	-	NZ944 BuNo 66-2757	Harvard II	See photo	Museum of Transport and Technology. MOTAT (NZ)	Static
	-	-	AT-D6 Texan	In Peruvian markings. See photo	Museo de la FAP (Peru)	Static
	-	Bu No:49-02983	T6	-	Muzeum Lotnictwa Narodowe, Krakow, PL North American T 6 Texan Krakow (Poland)	Static
	-	ex-FAP 1635	T-6G	-	Museu Aero Fénix (Portugal)	Static
	-	ex-FAP 1674	T-6G	-	Museu Aero Fénix (Portugal)	Static
	-	ex-FAP 1716	T-6G	-	Museu Aero Fénix (Portugal)	Static
	-	RAF No EX182 ex-FAP 1539 BuNo: 41-33155, Constr. No. 88-9261)	Harvard Mk.IIA	-	Museu Aero Fénix (Portugal) Served in the RAF in 1942 as EX182, and subsequently as 7051 in the South African Air Force in 35 Squadron at Stamford Hill, Durban. From 1969 this aircraft served with the Portuguese air force in Angola	Static
	-	ex-FAP 1645	North American AT 6 Harvard IV	-	Museo Do Ar, Alverca do Ribatejo (Portugal)	Static
	-	Bu No: 88-16336, ex-FAP 1662	North American AT 6 Harvard III	-	Museo Do Ar, Alverca do Ribatejo (Portugal)	Static
	-	Bu No:52-8596, ex-FAP 1769	North American AT 6 Harvard IV (CCF)	-	Museo Do Ar, Alverca do Ribatejo (Portugal)	Static
	-	Bu No: 52-8565, ex-FAP 1774	North American AT 6 Harvard IV (CCF)	-	Museo Do Ar, Alverca do Ribatejo (Portugal)	Static
	-	S/N 14-135 / 16010	Noorduyn AT 16	-	Board of Civil Aviation, Stockholm (Sweden)	Static
	-	S/N 14-245 / 16128	Noorduyn AT 16	-	Board of Civil Aviation, Stockholm (Sweden)	Static
	-	S/N 16028, F5-33	North American AT 6 Harvard / SK16A	-	Svedinos Bil-Och Flygmuseum, Sloinge (Sweden)	Static
	-	F14-92	North American AT 6 Harvard / SK16A	-	Svedinos Bil-Och Flygmuseum, Sloinge (Sweden)	Static
	-	-	North American T 6 Texan	-	Turkish Air Force Museum, Izmar (Turkey)	Static
	-	?	T6	-	Castle Air Museum, CA (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:084962	T6	-	Quantico MCAS, VA (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:090866	SNJ-4	Marked as "VMT-3"	El Toro MCAS, CA (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:091005	T6	-	Kalamazoo Museum, MI (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:112121	SNJ-5C	-	NNAM Pensacola, FL (USA)	In Store
	-	Bu No:112493	T6	-	Kalamazoo Museum, MI (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:116165	T6	-	Atsugi NAS (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:38-01428	T6	Marked as '801428'	Laughlin AFB, TX (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:40-02122	T6	-	Minneapolis ANG Museum, MN (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:41-17246	T6	-	Pima County Museum, AZ (USA)	Static
	-	No: 6196	AT-6D	-	Colorado ANG, Aurora (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:51-15124	AT-6D (T-6D)	-	McClellan Aviation Museum and AFB, California (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:51584	Texan' SN: AT-6D (T-6D)	-	USAF History and Traditions Museum, San Antonio, Texas (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:41-17372	AT6	-	Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Illinois (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:"42-03984"	T6	-	Luke AFB, Phoenix, Arizona (USA)	Static
	-	SN: 88-3267	t6	-	March Field AFB, California (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:42-43973	T6	-	Marana, AZ (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:42-44660	T6	-	Vance AFB, OK (USA)	Static
	-	Serial No: Unknown	T6	-	War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico (USA)	Static
	-	Serial No: Unknown	AT-6A	-	Minnesota Air Guard Museum (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:42-84560	T6	-	Randolph AFB, TX (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:42-86697	T6	-	Cavanaugh Flight Museum, TX (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:44-81819	T6	-	Linear Air Park Dyess AFB, TX (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:44-81910	AT-6A	-	Randolph AFB, TX (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:49-02996	T6	-	Kenosha Mun. Apt, WI (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:49-03015	T6	marked as '34555'	Kulis ANGB	Static
	-	Bu No:49-03217	T6G	-	Robins AFB, GA (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:49-03254	T6	-	Kenosha Mun. Apt, WI (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:50-01279	T6	marked as as "41279"	Wright Patterson AFB, OH (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:51-14319	T6	-	Dover AFB, DE (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:59-01948	T6	marked as "AS '798'	Minneapolis, MN (USA)	Static
	-	Bu No:51584	T6	-	Lackland AFB, TX (USA)	Static
	-	?	T6	-	NNAM, Pensacola NAS, FL, (USA)	Static
	-	?	T6	-	Robins AFB, GA (USA)	Static

Associations and reunions

Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Tillsonburg, Ontario http://www.hangarline.com or http://www.wwdc.com/harvard/
Harvard Club of South Africa. Harvard Farewell Video If you would like a video of the final Harvard farewell at Langebaan Please e-mail the club
Gilze Rijen Aviation Society (Netherlands)
North American Trainer Association (NATA)(USA)

FURTHER INFORMATION
Flightline - Preserved US Military Aircraft	This list of US military aircraft preserved and displayed was originally compiled by Ben Marselis with input from many others. Our coverage of airworthy warbirds is very limited, since Ben did not cover them in the original list. We have concentrated on those which are often on display rather than personal projects.
Virtual Aviation Museum - Harvard	http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com [in German only]
Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association
Aviation Enthusiast Corner Museum/aircraft Reference	Aircraft locator - Manufacturer Index (aircraft in museums of USA and Canada only)
Warbird Alley	Details of the Harvard and variants
Kiwi Aviation Images	Preserved NA-88 AT-6 Harvard details and photos in NZ and ex RNZAF airworthy list
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7

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