History of T-6G supplied to French Air Force Africa

[Ken]

My buddy has a T-6G which we believe saw service as an AT-6D with the US and, after conversion to T-6G, went overseas with the French. It has evidence of a relocated pitot boom and a cannon plug under each wing which I assume was either associated with rocket rails, gun pod, or other hard point. It entered the US civil register around 1977.

Does anyone have a inside track on any info that would help us determine exactly what this airplane did after its G conversion? I'm quite familiar with the Maxwell HRA, but other than that, are there French, Algerian, or other archives?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Ken

[JDK]

Either of you read or speak French?

[BennoT6]

Hi,

I do happen to have some French documents with details of the units, and their T-6Gs (or as they called them in the Algerian war "Tomcat"). Please let me know the serial and I will check. Should also have the address of the French Military Archive which is located in a castle near Paris; needs some checking though.

Regards,

Benno "T6" Goethals

[Fred41]

Many T-6G were equipped with machine guns and rocket pod during the Algerian conflict.
Here you will find a lot of pictures of these T-6.

http://www.frenchwings.net/algeria/gallery/

[Ken]

Excellent photos, thanks for sharing.

[mike furline]

http://media.photobucket.com/image/fren ... -14-72.jpg

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_354.shtml

http://modelingmadness.com/others/books/pomt6book.htm

[yankeepapa]

http://media.photobucket.com/image/french+t-6+/kilomuse/Trainers/sneb68T-6-G-EALA-14-72.jpg

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_354.shtml

http://modelingmadness.com/others/books/pomt6book.htm

a small error of designation on the picture of a crashed SIPA S10 etc (www.acig.org etc) which is in fact a morane saulnier MS472 vanneau.

yp

[Ken]

I don't see it in these pictures but is it true that the French relocated their pitot masts to the left wing? The airplane here has an obvious patch there. If so, what was the rationale?