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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6J Texan
    Last Military Serial:1747 FAdA
    Construction Number:CCF-4-538
    Last Civil Registration:G-BGPB
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry T-6J sn 17...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aircraft Spares and Materials Ltd, Duxford, Cambridge

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a T-6J by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Can.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-4619.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n AA+050 {1}.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n BF+050 {1}.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forcas Aereas da Armada with s/n 1747.

    Markings Applied:

    To Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    From 4 April 1979 to 4 May 1989

    To Alistair Gordon Walker with new c/r G-BGPB.
    Operated with markings: RCAF 385

    24 August 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete

    April 1983


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Duxford in the UK

    From 4 May 1989 to 15 September 1989

    To Geraint Lloyd Owens keeping c/r G-BGPB.

    From 15 September 1989 to 12 September 1995

    To Aircraft Restorations Ltd keeping c/r G-BGPB.

    From 12 September 1995 to 9 September 2005

    To John Romain keeping c/r G-BGPB.

    1 July 2000


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With Breitling Fighters-sticker at Airpower 2000, Zeltweg, Austria

    From 9 September 2005 to 19 March 2013

    To 1959 Ltd C/O Propshop Ltd, Duxford Airfield Duxford Cambridge CB2 4QR keeping c/r G-BGPB.
    Markings added: 1747

    27 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: flying at Imperial War Museum, Duxford

    19 March 2013

    To Aircraft Spares and Materials Ltd, Duxford, Cambridge keeping c/r G-BGPB.

    4 June 2019


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford D-Day Show

    4 June 2019


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Terry Fletcher
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