I was able to get an interview with pilot, Col. Richard Mandel, just before he left the airshow at the Texas Air and Space Museum in Amarillo, Texas. Of the 15,000 which were produced during WWII for pilot training, only several hundred remain in various states of condition.
Here is more information about the AT-6 Texan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan
