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[Claus Gustafsen]

It looks mostly as an A-6 Texan/Harvard, and I have never heard of the A-6 family having a Mosquito, is that special for the T-6D andd what is the change in designation for?

Claus

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[john szalay]

"Claus Gustafsen" > wrote in
:

> It looks mostly as an A-6 Texan/Harvard, and I have never heard of the
> A-6 family having a Mosquito, is that special for the T-6D andd what
> is the change in designation for?
>
> Claus
>

During the Korean War and, the Vietnam War, T-6s were pressed into
service as forward air control aircraft. These aircraft were designated T-6
"Mosquitos". armed with smoke & phosphor rockets to mark targets

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On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:56:56 +0100, "Claus Gustafsen"
> wrote:

>It looks mostly as an A-6 Texan/Harvard, and I have never heard of the A-6 family having a Mosquito, is that special for the T-6D andd what is the change in designation for?
>
>Claus
>
> skrev i meddelelsen ...

Yes, this was new to me as well.

My reading of the Museum catalogue is that the Texan was modified as
the T-6D during the Korean War and used for airborne Forward Air
Control, in which role it became known as the Mosquito.

The Texan was chosen as it could operate from small, rough forward
airstrips and was easy to maintain. It was also faster and more rugged
than the light aircraft the FACs previously used.

Frank.

[Claus Gustafsen]

Thanks Frank, makes sense (somewhat ;^) )


Claus
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:56:56 +0100, "Claus Gustafsen"
> wrote:

>It looks mostly as an A-6 Texan/Harvard, and I have never heard of the A-6
>family having a Mosquito, is that special for the T-6D andd what is the
>change in designation for?
>
>Claus
>
> skrev i meddelelsen
...

Yes, this was new to me as well.

My reading of the Museum catalogue is that the Texan was modified as
the T-6D during the Korean War and used for airborne Forward Air
Control, in which role it became known as the Mosquito.

The Texan was chosen as it could operate from small, rough forward
airstrips and was easy to maintain. It was also faster and more rugged
than the light aircraft the FACs previously used.

Frank.