Cranborne Harvards
7095; 7122; 7125;5858; 5945; 7116; 5952; 5960; 5900; 5917 & 7125. Any ideas what these might indicate?
Hi again Jerico,
Thank you for the Harvard serials.
The above are all Harvard Mk.Is with single letter serial prefixes.
N7095; N7122; N7125; P5858; P5945; N7116; P5952; P5960; P5900; P5917; N7125.
Those with the 'N' prefix and P5858 were delivered first to the UK in 1939, serving at such as No.6 S.F.T.S., Little Rissington before being shipped to Rhodesia in 1940 & '41. The remainder were delivered directly to Rhodesia in 1940.
The Mk.Is had a curved trailing edge to the rudder and most of the RATG survivors were struck off and scrapped in November 1945.
Those with the 'AJ' prefix are Mk.II and those with 'EX' prefix are Mk.IIa. Both models have a more triangular rudder. Most of the Mk.IIs were also struck off in 1945 whereas many of the surviving Mk.IIa's were used post war.
EX302 is currently registered in the UK as G-BICE.
Cheers, M-62A3