Aircraft Photo of 42-3070 | Beech AT-11 Kansan | Netherlands East Indies - Air Force | AirHistory.net #124692
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:42-3070
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 18
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 18 (C-45)
Aircraft Version:Beech AT-11 Kansan
C/n (msn):3070
Operator Titles:Netherlands East Indies - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Jackson - Hawkins FieldMap
Region / Country:Mississippi, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KHKS   IATA: HKS   Local: HKS   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1943
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 124692
Photo Comment

This AT-11 was ordered by the NEI air force and was to have been A-14, but delivered to the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School at Jackson with the serial 42-3070, based on the c/n. To the USAAF, 42-3070 was a B-17. The strange serial is clearly visible on the port side of the nose in another shot. In the background here are P-39 Airacobras in US markings, including 42-18885. Upon the closure of the school in February 1944, the Kansan went to the USAAF, becoming 44-72016. Later PP-CCF with Cruzeiro do Sul; crashed on 15 November 1957. Photo from: Bodo Sandberg collection

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