Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep M76

Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep M76The Curtiss Wright AT 9 Jeep is an American twin engined advanced trainer aircraft used by the United States during World War II to bridge the gap between single engined trainers and twin engined combat aircraft. The AT 9 had a low wing cantilever monoplane configuration, retractable landing gear and was powered by two Lycoming R 680 9 radial engines. Curtiss Wright anticipated the requirement for this type of high performance aircraft and designed

with no fewer than 61 V-1 '˜kills'™ to his name

“AJ148 / Ø-7A”

this vital work was interrupted by the introduction of the Luftwaffe's fearsome new Focke Wulf Fw190 in 1941

The includes 11 different decal options:

But she is also a car ferry: the modern traveller

This was the point of no return as the attack sequence had begun

She arrived and took up duties under Task Force 14 in the the Southwest Pacific on 17th May 1943

which allows diving depths of more than 200 m

The project did not progress beyond the concept phase and was never built for the Wehrmacht

but nevertheless

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or carried as an underslung load beneath the larger British helicopter types