Harvard IV D-FABA, D-FABE

[T J Johansen]

Hi folks,

Have just joined this forum, and hope you might be able to help me with something. I'm looking for color photos of the Harvards that flew for the German government back in the 1960s (DLB?). I think they might be red like the Sea Furies, but not sure!

T J

 

[AT-6]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Enclosed a link with only a small pic of the cockpit section of a Mk. IV (D-FABO) in the required paintscheme:
http://www.pmcn.de/OF.1/T-6.of.htm

The Harvards were flown by "Rhein-Flugzeugbau" in Mönchengladbach and modified for performing as 'target tugs' over the german Ostsee (Lübeck/Blankensee) for the Federal Ministry of Defense.

There is also a famous german magazine for modelers and enthusiasts of all planes which were flown in the german luftwaffe called "F-40" (the editor is also a member of this forum):

http://www.f-40.de/fset/ausgaben/f40_09.htm

This magazine shows one single picture of the D-FABO in the required paint scheme.

I also have a modelling magazine on 1979 which shows a colour drawing of the D-FABU and also a B/W-pics of the D-FABU and D-FABA.

Here is a very interesting page of the Hawker Sea Furies - the same paint scheme was used here:

http://www.thomasgenth.de/SeafuryD/indexeng.html

As you can see it is very hard to find these rare pics of the Harvards...!

 

[T J Johansen]

Hi AT-6 and thanks for the welcome. I must say I like D-FABO in the Silver paint job. Very nice. I have seen the Sea Fury website, and it is great. Too bad you didn't get to keep a flyable one in Germany in those colors. That would have been something to see!

T J

 

[BennoT6]

D-FABA,

Hi,

Yes, these former Luftwaffe Harvards were red; some other T-6s (in fact Texans) used by DLB were in a white scheme.

CCF4- 550 53- 4631, AA+635(GermAF), D-FABA, (N73687), F-BRGB, F-AZAT
active

CCF4- 499 52- 8578, AA+624(GermAF), D-FABE
active

CCF4- 537 53- 4618, AA+628(GermAF), D-FABI, (N73688), F-BRGA, F-AZFC
crashed 930121

CCF4- 514 52- 8593, AA+603(GermAF), D-FABO
crashed 880808 Rosenthal

CCF4- 465 52- 8544, AA+615(GermAF), D-FABU
on display in Berlin

Regards,

Benno Goethals, Netherlands

 

[Hunter58]

In a slide collection that I bought I found a picture of D-FABO in orange colours.
While looking for information on this picture I came across your question. Reason to join the forum.

Glad to help, albeit a bit late..

(date, location and photographer unknown)

 

[AT-6]

Hey Hunter,

Welcome to the forum, too :D

That's a good shot - thanks for sharing this rare pic!

 

[Hans Trauner]

Here another pic from July 1979, taken at Neumarkt/Opf., Bavaria. Then it was owned by Kunstflugschule Strössenreuther.

Please forgive me the quality-all I had in 1979 was a "cassette"-Kamera and I took two pictures and glued them together...photoshoping in 1979...

H

 

[harvardfreund]

Hab auch noch welche aus Papa´s Diasammlung:

 

[harvardfreund]

Aufgenommen beim Flugtag Wershofen (Eifel) im Jahr 1977

 

[jonas2522]

D-FABE is this time at EDGZ for LSV-Weinheim's Sommerfest

 

[AT-6]

Here is another shot of the D-FABU in red paint scheme (1988):
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1196206/

 

[sw19]

D-FABE

Biggi und Josef habe von ihrer D-FABE sicher auch ältere Fotos/Unterlagen

 

[T J Johansen]

Wow. All you have to do is stay away from a forum for only a couple of years, and more photos will appear. Thanks to all who has been kind enough to reply.

Does anyone have more info regarding D-FABO when it was silver with blue trim? Who owned it, and was it the owner who perished in the accident?

Also, if anyyone out there might have another photo of it in these colors I don't think people would mind. It really looked splendid like that.

Best regards,

T J

 

[AT-6]

Wow. All you have to do is stay away from a forum for only a couple of years, and more photos will appear. Thanks to all who has been kind enough to reply.

Does anyone have more info regarding D-FABO when it was silver with blue trim? Who owned it, and was it the owner who perished in the accident?

Also, if anyyone out there might have another photo of it in these colors I don't think people would mind. It really looked splendid like that.

Best regards,

T J

According to the inverstigation report of the BFU (German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation)
http://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/1988/Bericht_88_3X392_Harvard4M_Ploessen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile


the owner was Mr. Richard Strößenreuther. According to the report in the newspaper the pilot was Mr. Willi Geyer.

 

[christurner1979]

Hallo Hans,
kann das angehängte Bild leider nicht sehen. Kannst mir das irgendwie zugänglich machen?
Gruß
Christian

 

[sysops]

Die D-FABE war zu der Zeit als sie um 1977 in Wilhelmshaven Mariensiel stand in einem Rotton lackiert. War immer etwas besonderes wenn sie angelassen wurde. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere per Startpatrone. Dich dürfte als Azubi dann öfter mal ins Cockpit.

 

[christurner1979]

https://youtu.be/lIxijctpvGE
Hier ist die D-FABO in Ausschnitten zu sehen

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