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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6 Texan
    Last Military Serial:7686 SAAF
    Construction Number:59-1907
    Last Civil Registration:ZU-CBC
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6 sn 7686 SAAF cn 59-1907 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Phillip D. Fardis, Wonderboom

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6.

    Circa 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-2081.

    1946

    To Tufts Edgecumbe Inc, Des Plaines, IL with new c/r NC61515.

    From 1952 to 1995

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 7686.

    23 August 2004

    To Phillip D. Fardis, Wonderboom with new c/r ZU-CBC.

    Markings Applied: TA-081

    5 October 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Wonderboom Airport, located north of Pretoria, South Africa

    12 October 2015


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: ZU-CBC/02081 NA SNJ-3 seen in the Fardis Hangar at Wonderboom
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