RAF, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1944
The first Harvard MkII used by the RCAF was delivered to Camp Borden in the summer of 1940. It was an anglicized version of the AT-6A (American Harvard), the differences were the lengthened exhaust stack, a fixed rear canopy section, the instrument panel was altered, and the control column was in the British style. The MkII was also fitted with the capability to hold a .303 calibre air operated machine gun on the starboard wing and a cinecamera in the port wing, with a gunsight for the front cockpit. The plane was equipped with hardpoints under the wings in order to carry 8 practice bombs. The N.A. Harvard Mk.II was one of the most important single engine training aircraft of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.