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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:Harvard 4
    Last Military Serial:20304 RCAF
    Construction Number:CCF-4-095
    Last Civil Registration:C-FBZT
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, Tillsonburg, Ontario

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    Dates

    Event

    4 May 1952

    Constructed as a Harvard 4 by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Can.

    14 May 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 20304.

    Transferred to RCAF Macdonald, MB.

    Transferred to RCAF Centralia, ON.
    Operated with markings: CAF, 20304, 304

    11 January 1965

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    To Crown Assets Disposal Corporation (CADC), Dunnville, ON.

    7 December 1965

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Gilbert Dressel, Wainfleet, ON.
    Moved to a farm near Wainfleet and stored in a barn.

    From Unknown to 2006

    Stored in a barn near Wainfleet, Ontario.

    2006

    To Gregtyrell Stan Tyrell.

    Circa 2006

    Placed in storaged at the York Airport, south of Hamilton.

    2008

    Greg Tyrell passed away.

    2009

    To Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, Tillsonburg, ON with new c/r C-FBZT.
    Donated to the CHAA by the Tyrell family trust.

    5 December 2009

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, Tillsonburg, ON.
    Now currently under restoration and will be completed in 3-4 years.
    View the Location Dossier

    16 January 2010


    Photographer: Shane Clayton
    Notes: Harvard 4 20304 in CHAAs restoration hangar awaiting restoration to airworthy condition. It had been stored in a barn since 1964 and still wears its original RCAF markings.

    Restoration started.
    The restoration is expected to be complete in 2013 or 2014.

    20 April 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r C-FBZT.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Transport Canada
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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