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NORTH AMERICAN T-6 - SNJ, HARVARD and WIRRAWAY
H/B 2001. (ISBN1 86126-382-1
Following the success of the Photographic tribute to the T-6 published some years earlier, the Authors mass of research and accumulation of data resulted in a full-length authoritative history of this famous family of aircraft. From the origins of North American and Dutch Kindleberger's early training aircraft prototypes in the mid-1930's through the many and varied developments of the type, not just as a trainer but as an attack aircraft and a fighter as well, the complex history is detailed with many original facts and photographs. Included are eyewitness accounts from pilots and instructors, wartime exploits and an study of the many and varied nations that flew the derivatives of the T-6 in World War II, including Japan and Germany!
The Australian development of the Commonwealth Wirraway, Boomerang and Ceres types is covered as are the many post-war developments that kept this famous aircraft in the air. The hidden war record of the Mosquitoes in Korea is given full coverage for the first time, and the subsequent incredible growth in numbers as a post-war Warbird, Racer and Skywriting aircraft. Full details of T-6's rebuilt and built from scratch and those still airborne or static displays today completes this coverage.
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