The Museu do Ar section in Ovar, North Portugal, had about ten aircraft on display in a hangar shared with operational aircraft. It was downsized in 2023 to make room for the newly acquired Portuguese air force Black Hawk helicopters and most aircraft have moved to Alverca since, like this T-6J which was under restoration at the time of this visit.

Constructed as a T-6J by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario. Based at Beauvais-Tille from 1980 and formerly D-FABA of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn from 1963-1972 and before that WGAF AA+635

This T-6J never served in the RNoAF. It started as 52-8570 with the USAF and transferred to the Luftwaffe as AA-622 in 1956. After it was struck off charge in 1966, it went to the Luftwaffenmuseum which donated it to the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum who restored and painted it to represent a Harvard Mk 2B with the fake serial number 8750 and the code M-BS. M was the type code assigned to the Harvards in the immediate post-war period. BS is the individual aircraft. The last code assigned to Harvard in service was M-BR. It is now displayed at the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø.

Ex Portuguese AF 1765, West German AF BF-070.

Ex-51-17202, Italy Air Force MM53797 then I-RYGA

Between 1945 and 1957, the Norwegian Air Force used this type as an advanced trainer. Although this exact frame has not served in the military, it has been painted as such.

My guide told me this T-6 was in use as an heritage flight at the time I took this picture. Note the gunpods under the wings.

A Canadian Car & Foundry built T-6J, wearing the marks it carried in Luftwaffe service.

USAF 52-8570, to German AF AA-622 taken on charge Sep-1956, struck off charge 1966, it went to Aachen and next to the Luftwaffenmuseum in Uetersen, in 1983 it went to the Forsvarsmuseet at Oslo-Gardermoen. As Norway never had the T-6J, it was restored to look like a Harvard Mk2B and painted as Norwegian AF 8570 to commemorate the Harvards that served in the Norwegian Air Force from 1945 to 1956. Later it went to the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum in Bodø. BS-M is not a squadron code but means aircraft BS of type M

USAF 52-8570, to German AF AA-622 taken on charge Sep-1956, struck of charge 1966, it went to Aachen and next to the Luftwaffenmuseum in Uetersen, in 1983 it went to the Forsvarsmuseet at Oslo-Gardermoen. As Norway never had the T-6J, it was restored to look like a Harvard Mk2B and painted as Norwegian AF 8570 to commemorate the Harvards that served in the Norwegian Air Force from 1945 to 1956. Later it went to the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum in Bodø.