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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:Harvard 4
    Last Military Serial:20424 CAF
    Construction Number:CCF-4-215
    Last Civil Registration:N7754
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gary B. Heck Trustee, Guerneville, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Harvard 4 by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Can.

    9 October 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 20424.

    By 1959

    Transferred to No. 4 Flying Training School, RCAF Station Penhold, AB.
    Sed by Course 5904, with students from Canada, Holland, Denmark and Norway.

    23 August 1967

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    1968

    To Peter D. Ritchie, Saskatoon, SK with new c/r CF-WPN.

    1968

    To 20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA with new c/r N7754.
    Operated with markings: tt
    Converted to Zero replica at Long Beach, CA and used in the movie Tora, Tora, Tora.

    From 1969 to 1971

    Open storage at Long Beach, CA.

    February 1971

    To unknown owner with c/r N7754.
    Purchased at auction.

    1978

    To I. N. Junior Burchinall, Paris, TX keeping c/r N7754.

    1978

    Operated by Flying Tigers Museum, Kissimmee, FL.

    20 November 1980


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    1981

    To James Mathews, Winter Park, FL keeping c/r N7754.

    To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX keeping c/r N7754.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Central Texas Wing Museum, San Marcos Airport, San Marcos, TX.
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    1986

    To Jane and Jane Inc, Boring, OR keeping c/r N7754.

    1986

    To Jack McWhorter, Prosser, WA keeping c/r N7754.

    13 August 1988

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston, TX keeping c/r N7754.
    Markings added: 147

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
    Operated with markings: 147
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    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    11 February 1993

    To Wings N Wheels, Houston, TX keeping c/r N7754.

    26 June 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7754 (HARVARD MK IV, CCF4-215) issued.

    19 May 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N7754.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Wimberley, TX.

    7 January 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N7754.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Wimberley, TX.

    21 April 2015

    To William R. Parker, Wimberley, TX keeping c/r N7754.

    By November 2015

    Markings Applied: V107

    November 2015


    Photographer: Ruud Leeuw
    Notes: 2015 photo at Central Texas Wing,Commemorative Air Force, San Marcos, Texas

    19 February 2016

    To Snyder Steven, Richland, WA keeping c/r N7754.

    Circa 3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.

    Circa 3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.

    7 February 2019

    To Steven Snyder, Longview, WA keeping c/r N7754.

    16 November 2019

    To Jason M. Hodge, Greenwood, CA keeping c/r N7754.

    1 April 2022

    To unknown owner with c/r N7754.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Guerneville, CA.

    6 February 2023

    To Gary B. Heck Trustee, Guerneville, CA keeping c/r N7754.


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource by Canadian Warplane Heritage
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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