North American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American training aircraft. 15,495 were built. They were sometimes used for artillery spotting, observation and coordinating other aircraft. In a few cases, they were even loaded with guns and bombs in order to serve against lightly armed Insurgents. Other times, it was used as a testbed for cockpit displays, with the pilot in the back seat having to fly based on only the new instruments being tested.

Variants

Many variants are in the following ("groups" or) series,

• BT Series
• BC Series
• AT Series
• A-27
• T-6
• NJ/SNJ Texan; The variants in this series are,
  • NJ-1

    

    An early SNJ-1 at NAS Pensacola.

The SNJ-3C/-4C/-5C versions had (a special hook or) an arrestor hook for carrier landings.

• • SNJ-1
  • SNJ-2
  • SNJ-3
  • SNJ-3C
  • SNJ-4
  • SNJ-4C
  • SNJ-5
  • SNJ-5C
  • SNJ-6
  • SNJ-7
  • SNJ-7B
  • SNJ-8

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  SNJ-3 Texans, c. 1941

• Harvard