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What happened to the 24 AT-11s ordered by the Netherlands?
Short answer
The 24 AT-11s that the Netherlands had ordered for service in the Dutch East Indies never reached their destination: the USAAF took charge of them. They were seized and used by the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School in Jackson, Mississippi.
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A Dutch order that changed hands
The Netherlands ordered twenty-four AT-11s for service in the Dutch East Indies, but it was the USAAF that took charge of them. Those 24 aircraft ordered by the Netherlands were seized by the USAAF and used by the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School in Jackson, Mississippi.
What kind of aircraft the AT-11 was
The AT-11 Kansan, originally called Kansas and fitted with R-985-AN-1 engines, was a bombing and gunnery trainer for the USAAF. It carried a small bomb bay able to hold up to 1,000 lb of light bombs. Instead of the usual rectangular cabin windows it had small circular portholes, and its nose was redesigned to house a bombing sight station. Its armament included two 7.62 mm machine guns.
Equipment and crew
Compared with the C-45, the AT-11 differed in that it was fitted with the then-secret Norden bombsight and with a dorsal turret. That turret housed .30-caliber Browning machine guns, and the aircraft was powered by two 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial engines. It carried two crew members and four students. Gunnery trainers also carried two or three .30-caliber machine guns.
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