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Old 19th Apr 2014, 00:15
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Danny42C
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No.1 BFTS, Terrell, Dallas, Texas.

Hummingfrog,

Thanks for the link ! It is nice to hear that many of the small Southern towns that hosted BFTSs in the war years have actively kept alive the memory, (and tended the graves of) their former British guests - and good luck to Terrell in their rebuilding of an AT6A (which we know as the "Harvard": it differed in that it was armed, with a top right fuselage .300 Browning firing through the prop. The cocking handle poked out from the corner of the panel - don't know how many rounds they loaded).

The instructor (in the back) had no control of this gun, which in hindsight might not have been a really good idea.

I'm eagerly awaiting your Dad's recollections of any putative "Kay-det" comparisons which might have been made with his (LAC) RAF mates there.

BTW, you have a PM. Goodnight, Danny.