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PHOTO AEROPLANE NORTH AMERICAN T-6J HARVARD IV 'G-NWHF' C/N CCF4-483 BUILT IN 1953 FOR THE MUTUAL DEFENCE AID PROGRAMME (MDAP) AND ALLOCATED THE US MILITARY SERIAL 52-8652 BUT ALLOCATED TO THE WEST GERMAN AIR FORCE WHERE IT WAS FIRST CODED AA+053 AND LATER AS BF+053. IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO PORTUGAL IN 1966 WITH THE SERIAL 1753 AND WAS OPERATED ON COUNTER-INSURGENCY FLIGHTS IN PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA A PORTUGUESE COLONY WHICH BECAME THE INDEPENDENT COUNTRY OF MOZAMBIQUE IN 1975. WITHDRAWN FROM USE IN 1974 NO.1753 WAS STORED AT MAPUTO AIRBASE UNTIL MARCH 1989 WHEN IT WAS RESCUED ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER HARVARDS. THEY WERE INITIALLY MOVED TO SOUTH AFRICA BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO THE UK WHERE THEY ARRIVED IN DECEMBER 1989. 1753 WAS PUT ON THE UK CIVIL REGISTER AS G-BSBG IN MARCH 1990 AND FLEW AGAIN IN JULY 1991 WEARING A ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE COLOUR SCHEME AND THE FALSE SERIAL '20310'. SHE WAS LATER REPAINTED IN A USAF OVERALL YELLOW SCHEME CARRYING HER GENUINE US MILITARY SERIAL BUT NOW CARRIES HER CIVILIAN REGISTRATION AND 'NAVY WINGS' TITLES HAVING JOINED THE NAVY WINGS FLEET IN MAY 2021. SHE IS SEEN DEPARTING DURING THE SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION'S 2022 SEASON PREMIERE AIR SHOW. OLD WARDEN BEDFORDSHIRE UK. 1ST MAY 2022 COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSOPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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