AT-6 Harvard in South African Service

A Pictorial History

by

Dave Becker and Winton Brent

African Aviation Series No. 1

In 1994 a seed was sown, to create an African Aviation Series, to cover the various facets of aviation in Africa. Book 1 – AT-6 Harvard in South African Service was the guinea-pig, and this series has now grown to 23 volumes, with many still to be published. This book (very much a pictorial) covers the history of the Harvard in South African Air Force service as well as in Southern Rhodesia Air Force service. It is A4, with 106 pages and includes 8 pages of colour. A detailed individual history of each Harvard listed is included. Sadly it was sold out many years ago, and only second-hand bookshops are likely to hold stock.

Colour schemes and special markings of the North American Harvard in service with the South African Air Force 1940 to 1995.

by Ivan Spring and Reg Rivers

A compact yet richly illustrated guide to the colour schemes carried by SAAF Harvards from the introduction into the SAAF in 1940 till their withdrawal from service in 1995. Colour and b/w photographs of Harvards both in service with the SAAF and in civil 'drab' make this book a definite 'must have' for any Harvard fan.

T-6 Texan

The Immortal Pilot Trainer

William Jesse

T-6 Texan in Action

Aircraft Number 94

Squadron signal publications

Pilot's notes for Harvard 2B

North American NA-16/AT-6/SNJ

(WarbirdTech Series Volume 11)

Dan Hagedorn

T-6 a pictorial record of the Harvard, Texan and Wirraway

Peter C Smith

The AT-6 Harvard

Len Morgan

Famous Aircraft Series

The Harvard File

John F. Hamlin

An Air-Britain Publication

Back in the dark days of 1938, the British Government under Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at last woke up to the inevitability of conflict with Germany and the need to build up very rapidly a Royal Air Force which would stand a chance of dealing with the situation. The British aircraft industry was, not surprisingly, quite unable to cope with the high volume output suddenly and belatedly demanded of it, and it was therefore decided that aircraft of certain categories should be procured in the United States of America.

To carry out this plan, the British Purchasing Commission was armed; it left for Washington in April 1938, complete with a budget of $25 million, which is not much in the aviation world now but was a great deal then. The first of the three aircraft types which the BPC selected that year was an advanced trainer, the North American NA-49.

By the time the BPC placed their order more than 400 aircraft had already rolled off the production line for the USAAC, as well as many for export. No major problems were expected, therefore, when the first aircraft, serialled N7000, arrived in England and was taken on charge at the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath on 3 December 1938 so that a programme of testing could be carried out and Pilots' Notes prepared.

So began the long life-story of the Harvard in British military service, a story which has by no means ended yet. In 'The Harvard File' the Author has restricted himself to dealing with the histories of the 4760 Harvards which carried British military serial numbers.

Harvard! The North America Trainers in Canada

David C Fletcher and Doug MacPhail

Reprint of the official government pilots handbook for the AT-6C, SNJ-4 and British Harvard IIA models. Describes aircraft, cockpit control and aircraft systems, operating instructions and flight data and charts, emergency operations, and equipment.

Foreward by Leo Kohn on history and development of AT-6 along with photos. 67 pgs., 8½"x 11", sfbd.
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