Aircraft Photo of 16105 | North American Sk16A | Sweden - Air Force | AirHistory.net #660241
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:16105
Military Code:18-5
Aircraft Original Type:North American BC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard
Aircraft Version:North American Sk16A
Licence-built by:Noorduyn
C/n (msn):14-429
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
Unit Markings:F18
Location
City / Airport:Västerås - JohannisbergMap
Country:Sweden
Airport Codes:ICAO: ESSX   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:24 September 1982
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 660241
Photo Comment

Allocated USAAF serial 42-892 before delivery to the RAF in Canada as FE695 in 1942. Transferred to the RCAF in 1944 then to the Swedish Air Force as Sk-16A 16105 in 1947. To Västerås-Johannisberg for use as a ground trainer in 1970. Sold and moved to Duxford in 1989. Registered as G-BTXI in 1991 and first flew after restoration in 1996. Painted in RAF colours as FE695.

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