Digging for past paint schmes on my T-6

[Speeddemon651]

I'm trying to find any past service records for my T-6G. Mainly to figure out previous paint schemes it might have had. It was remanufactured to a G model in 1949 serial # 49-3048A @ the NAA Factory in downey California, 51-978 The plane is currently painted in a Yellow airforce scheme, and I've found several places of light blue on the canopy and a few other places over the years that make me wonder what the paint scheme was before and its previous service was. The original serial Which I believe makes the plane a C model was 41-3251 / MFG No - 88-10041 . Any insight would be much appreciated, thanks JH

[Holedigger]

Found a site that said your bird went to El Salvador AF

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/america ... f-AT-6.htm

[Stoney]

Is that the plate on the roll over structure?

[BennoT6]

Hi,

This small dataplate doesn't look old; or?
NAA had the former identity, for the refurbished T-6Gs, on the top of the roll-over (between forward and rear-cockpit) as a "stamp".

41-32531 = 88-10766
A AT-6C that went to El Salvador in November 1942 to serve there as "30". Unlikely this one was returned to the US, to NAA, to have it refurbished as a T-6G

41-32351 = 88-10041
A AT-6C, with no further history (at least not in my records). This would be a good candidate for a refurbished Texan, a T-6G. More from this batch do exist.

49-3048
No former identity of this one in my records

Regards,

Benno "T6" Goethals, The Netherlands

[Holedigger]

If it is the 32351 #, there are several accident reports on her, a couple at Foster Field, Victoria TX, and one at Perrin Field, TX in 1945. More details at
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/ ... n1945S.htm

Just lots of data to dig through there.

[Speeddemon651]

Is that the plate on the roll over structure?

Yes the plate is on the roll over structure.

I should mention I do have all the war department records on the plane from 1950 - 1956, and most of the civilian records for the plane. It looks like the plane spent most of it's life in Texas during the war as a C- model.

[51fixer]

Is that the plate on the roll over structure?

Yes the plate is on the roll over structure.

I should mention I do have all the war department records on the plane from 1950 - 1956, and most of the civilian records for the plane. It looks like the plane spent most of it's life in Texas during the war as a C- model.

The USAFM should have a history card of where it was assigned if you use the WWII T-6C S/N.
From that you could find photos of aircraft from those outfits and in that time period. You might possibly find a photo of your A/C.
Dan Hagedorn's T-6 book from a couple years ago is a source of info as well.

[corsair166b]

Well, if this is the T-6 I think it is, the former Ed Huber machine from Centennial, Colorado, it's only ever flown in this scheme as long as I've seen it, and that would go back about 20 years. I have pics of it from all over Colorado, some even air to air.

Mark