| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | HB-RTA |
| Alternate Serial: | 76556 |
| Military Code: | TA-556 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American BC-1 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard |
| Aircraft Version: | North American AT-16 Harvard II |
| C/n (msn): | 76-3556 |
| Display Paint: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | WiesbadenMap |
| Country: | Germany |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: ETOU IATA: WIE Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary 2019 |
| Photo Date: | 10 June 2019 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 147212 |
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Delivered to the RCAF in Jul 1941 as AJ586. Struck off charge in Oct 1960 and sold to Robert Horn in 1966 as N4657T. He kept it in storage in Michigan until sold to Barry Smith in Jan 2003. Finally restored to flying condition and flown in authentic RCAF markings as AJ586/89, registered N586AJ. Sold to Germany in Jul 2007 as D-FITE. At that time the authentic RCAF markings on this wonderful aircraft were unfortunately replaced by these fake USAAF markings and equally fake serial. In 2017 it was sold to Switzerland and based at Grenchen, and on 5 April 2018 it was re-registered to HB-RTA. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 June 2019, and has since been viewed 293 times. |