Harvard in RAF colors?

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1471

Anybody aware of any restored Texans/Harvards/SNJ's done up in pseudo RAF day fighter camoflauge? Were any examples ever historically operated in such a scheme? A friend is preparing a model for finish and would like to do the green/gray/sky color scheme. Lots of Google searching has returned only a single example operating in Australia in something approximating the scheme but just barely. Any leads much appreciated.

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2636

Have you looked here? 397 hits for Harvard.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=harvard

gregv · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:21 pm

you might want to try airliners.net if you haven't already; a quick search under "RAF T6" returned a couple:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... j3411947j9

greg v.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:25 pm

How about WIX's own Ollie and his father's Harvard?

A unique scheme with a purpose.

Mark_Pilkington · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:15 pm

John Rainer operates a Harvard in Australia in RAF Desert camo based on wartime photos of one that served with the RAAF No.3 Squadron in Africa.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gocatters/4567241123/

Here are some images of the original and the current representation on the ADF-Serials website.
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Harvard-AJ845

This may be the one referred to above?

NZ or South Africa may also be a source of a RAF camo scheme but modified for the RNZAF or SAAF?

Regards

Mark Pilkington

K225 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:24 pm

Ross Robinson's Harvard from St. Andrews Manitoba. He owns and flies the A26 Invader a former water bomber in the RCAF euro camo scheme as well.

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:08 pm

The Royal New Zealand Air Force's wartime fighter squadrons, fighter operational training units and its army co-operation squadrons all operated Harvards in the standard RAF camouflage, Plus in a few local variations of such too.

You can see oodles of photos on this thread (44 pages and counting) http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?bo ... read=17601

For me the best if No. 22 (Army Co-op) Squadron's Harvards which each had a Disney character artwork on their camouflage.

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1471

Thank you gentlemen for all the responses. I knew the WIX crew would come through!

Bearcat SA · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:52 pm

For the record, SAAF Harvards were never operated in Camo other than several examples that were painted up in a a very ad-hoc and messy scheme for a short period the bush war and they carried no markings

Ollie · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:55 am

Nice green Harvard.

:lol:

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:35 pm

C VEICH wrote:

Lots of Google searching has returned only a single example operating in Australia in something approximating the scheme but just barely. Any leads much appreciated.

Can you clarify if this refers to John Rayner's Victoria based RAAF 3 Sqn North Africa (sand, stone, azure blue) scheme example, or something else? Thanks!

If this is on the list for consideration, it's worth reiterating it's an authentic scheme, rather than a warbird trainer-pretending-fighter paintjob.

Regards,

Bearcat SA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:12 pm

Here is a pic of a Harvard undergoing restoration in South Africa about 18 months ago ..registration ZU-BTL
I have not seen it completed so I dont know what other markings or camo was added but I was told that it was an authentic scheme.

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