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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6C Texan
    Last Military Serial:NZ1006 RNZAF
    Construction Number:88-09263
    Last Civil Registration:VH-TEX
    Latest Owner or Location:Mark Christopher Shipton, Newmarket, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    September 1942

    Constructed as an AT-6C.

    September 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-33157.

    September 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n EX184.
    Shipped direct to New Zealand.

    September 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ1006.

    From 1962 to 1978

    Withdrawn from use.
    WFU and put, long term Storage.

    May 1978

    To F. William Pike, Sydney NSW.

    24 October 1978

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped from New Zealand and unloaded on Melbourne wharf.

    From November 1978 to 1981

    Stored, dismantled at Albury, NSW.

    From 1982 to 1986

    To Randal W. McFarlane, Nowra NAS NSW.

    1986


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1986 photo at Nowra NSW

    2 May 1986

    To Randal W. McFarlane, Bankstown NSW with c/r VH-TEX.

    10 May 1986

    First post-restoration Flight.

    10 May 1986

    Markings Applied: SNJ-4/Bu33157/GTNO BAY

    2 July 1988

    To Chris P. Sperou, Adelaide SA.

    26 April 1990

    To Arthur A. Schmidt, Alice Springs, NT.

    24 February 2006

    To Arthur Schmidt, Kalgoorlie, WA.

    17 January 2007

    To Mark Shipton, Kangaroo Point, QLD.

    6 February 2007

    To Mark Christopher Shipton, Newmarket, QLD.

    From Unknown to By 4 February 2009

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: US Navy, SNJ-4, 01827,S06
    Finished in a blue colour scheme at Redcliffe, Queensland.

    4 February 2009

    First post-restoration Flight.

    27 May 2018


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the Red Thunder Fly-In at Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield in Queensland, Australia
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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
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