tom63 Posted November 17, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 17, 2015 Can anyone tell from these two photos what type of aircraft this is? Marked on back Anacostia NAS. Wash. DC 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted November 17, 2015 Share #2 Posted November 17, 2015 Pic on the right , isn't that an AT6 Harvard ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 17, 2015 Share #3 Posted November 17, 2015 Could be a Texan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted November 17, 2015 Share #4 Posted November 17, 2015 I think I used the RAF name didn't I Sully ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom63 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted November 17, 2015 I think you guys may be right. I compared the cockpit/windscreen in my other photo with one on a North American AT6 Harvard/Texan aircraft site and the windscreen and panels look to be the same to me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted November 17, 2015 Share #6 Posted November 17, 2015 Navy version of the T-6 was called the SNJ. Those are Navy fliers so it's an SNJ in both photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 17, 2015 Share #7 Posted November 17, 2015 Pic on the right , isn't that an AT6 Harvard ? You did and I would expect nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted November 17, 2015 Share #8 Posted November 17, 2015 You can see the Navy Bureau number on the cowl ring of the second photo. 05459. I'd imagine you could trace the history of that particular SNJ-3 by that number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted November 17, 2015 Share #9 Posted November 17, 2015 Also looks like he is wearing a navy M-450 flight helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorsairAce Posted November 18, 2015 Share #10 Posted November 18, 2015 Definitely a Texan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted November 18, 2015 Share #11 Posted November 18, 2015 The cockpit photo looks like an SNJ/AT-6 Texan to me, too, but NOT the engine photo. The propeller hub is wrong for an SNJ/AT-6 Texan. The propeller hub is a variable speed hub as used on the Vultee SNV/BT-13 'Valiant,' often called "The Vultee Vibrator." The constant speed propeller used on the SNJ/AT-6 has a very different appearance with the center dome typical of constant speed props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted November 18, 2015 Share #12 Posted November 18, 2015 Bureau number matches an SNJ-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted November 19, 2015 Share #13 Posted November 19, 2015 Does it also match an SNV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted November 19, 2015 Share #14 Posted November 19, 2015 After further research, I have to agree that the aircraft in both photos is an SNJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m151mp Posted November 21, 2015 Share #15 Posted November 21, 2015 Pic on the right , isn't that an AT6 Harvard ? Dad was a flyer in the RCAF during the war, and survived a mid-air collision in a Harvard. that pic looks a lot like the one he had on the wall in his home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted November 21, 2015 Share #16 Posted November 21, 2015 The Navy called it SNJ, the Army Air Corps/Air Force called it an AT-6, and the RAF/RCAF called it a Harvard. All were the same basic aircraft with fairly minor differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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