North American NA-64 Yale

[bilwor]

North American NA-64 Yale N64FL Copperstate EAA Fly-In 2012 Casa Grande AZ

From the factory, all 230 Yales began life as NA-64 Norths, ordered by the French Armee de l'Air in 1939. The first 111 planes delivered to France were taken by the Luftwaffe and immediately formed into the Goefpingen A/B 116 and the "Rosarius Circus" which trained German pilots assigned to fly captured Allied aircraft. The remaining 119 were acquired and converted to RCAF requirements and thus the Yale became the only production military airplane to have served in squadron strength on both sides of the war.

This aircraft served with the RCAF as 3463. It is painted similar to one which flew in the Luftwaffe, in honor of Heinz Orlozski, who flew NA-64's during training in 1943.

[Barry Griffiths]

 
North American NA-64 Yale C-FGIR by Barry Griffiths CAD, on Flickr

[Barry Griffiths]

 
North American NA-64 Yale C-FGIR by Barry Griffiths CAD, on Flickr

[Barry Griffiths]

North American NA-64 Yale s/n 64-2160 (1940) Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association (CHAA) C-GLJH, BCATP Fly-in by Barry Griffiths, on Flickr

[bilwor]

The Yale has been a favorite of mine ever since I first saw them at Randolph Field when they flew as BT-14s in the USAAC. I DO LIKE ROUND ENGINES.

bill

[Barry Griffiths]

Thanks, Bill ............. ME too!