North American's Yale was a fixed undercarriage, lower powered, lighter weight version of the Harvard. Both evolved from the 1935 NA-16. In 1939 France ordered 230 Yales but when the country fell in 1940, 119 en route were diverted to Canada for use by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Almost 100 already in France were impressed by the Luftwaffe. As Harvards took over the training role, like the Fleet Forts, the Yales were relegated to radio training, carrying heavy gear in the rear cockpit which stressed engines, often needing repair. 3411 was assigned to 1 FTS Camp Borden in 1940.

The date is a rough (somewhat) educated guess.

Kiwi, seen here taking care of an oil fill-up, and yours truly flew the old girl into Eindhoven for a little airshow with mainly warbirds. Fun was had by all. Nowadays she is G-BYNF.

Delivered to the RCAF as 3400 in 1940. Sold in 1946. Stored and displayed at a number of locations. Registered as N6598Z in 1990 and N128DB in 1992. Cancelled from the register in 2009 as sold to Canada.

The NA-64 design was an updated NA-57 ordered by France but diverted to the Royal Canadian Air Force when France fell before delivery. Taken on strength by the RCAF as 3464 (the last Yale serial) September 27, 1940, it was actually the first NA-64 built, kept by North American to develop maintenance manuals and pilot notes. Struck off strength September 25, 1946, the aircraft ended up at Ernie Simmon's farm in his outdoor collection. Registered in the USA as N13397 in 1976, it's pictured in French Air Force markings it might have carried had it reached Europe.

Struck off with 1627:40 airframe hours 25 September 1946. Originally registered to Ernie Simmons of Tillsonburg, Ontario. Donated to the museum in 2006. The museum was renamed the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada 19 December 2014 and closed its doors 22 October 2018. The historic TCA hangar and original terminal building were sadly demolished to make way for a new maintenance facility. The construction of a new museum building commenced 1 May 2020 at 2088 Wellington Avenue, which is near the main terminal building.

Cancelled December 1999 and sold to the UK, where it was registered G-BYNF

1940-built NA-64 Yale fitted with fixed undercarriage. Preserved airworthy.

This NA-64 served with the RCAF as 3417 but is on display at the National Museum of the USAF in this nice diorama to represent an Army Air Corps Bt-14 involved in a training accident. Note the pilot pleading with the instructor that the fact the brakes were applied too hard... really wasn't his fault!