• Die-cast metal.
• Superb detailing in 1/72 scale.
• Pre-painted with pad applied markings.
• Fully assembled.
• Display stand included.
• Option to display model with wheels up or down.
• Minimum use of plastic.
• Very collectable

This aircraft is known by many names depending on what country used them and/or the
variant of the same airframe. They were AT-6, Harvards, Yale, Texan, SNJ, Wirraway
and a few others. These planes were fully aerobatic and could present the student pilot
with some situations where he learned to do things correctly or else. These planes were
the stepping stones to the more advanced Spitfires and Mustangs of this era. From the
1930s to the 1960s the Harvard was not limited to just the training role. It was also used
as a combat aircraft and became part of almost every major power inventory. Like the
Huey helicopter the Harvard had its own distinctive sound caused by the propeller tips
going supersonic.


From 1952 to 1960 there was an uprising in Kenya trying to obtain independence from
British colonialism. This group was referred to as Mau Mau and one term for the conflict
is the Mau Mau Uprising. 1340 Flight was considered an anti Mau Mau flight responsible
for bombing and machine-gunning Mau Mau and their hideouts in the densely wooded
and difficult country. 1340 Flight was equipped with 12 Harvard II of which 4 were
normally kept in reserve and 2 were usually being worked on. This left 6 aircraft that were
flown by 8 pilots. During one September the 1340 Flight carried out 504 sorties dropping
3,974 bombs and 187,240 rounds of ammunition fired and all this was completed in 532
operational hours. While the Harvards were used they flew some 3,900 sorties. The
uprising itself wasn’t a military success for the Mau Mau but it did play a large part in
Kenya achieving independence in 1963.