(Total Number Available, Approximately 130 Planes)
Type: Air\Sea Rescue\Reconnaissance Flying Boat
Crew: 6
Number: 37
*Performance:
Powerplant: 3 × 1,000 hp engines (Wright Cyclone GR1820 F-52)
Max Speed At 9,900 Feet: 211 mph
Cruising Speed: 137 mph
Maximum Range: 2,920 miles
Ceiling: 24,605 feet
6 minutes to 6,650 feet
*Weight: 20,723 lbs empty
35,715 lbs loaded
*Dimensions:
Wing Span: 88 feet, 7 inches
Length: 72 feet, 4 inches
Height: 18 feet, 10¼ inches
Wing Area: 1,162 square feet
Armament: 2 × 7.7mm Browning machine guns, 1 × 20mm Hispano-Suiza cannon, and maximum bomb load of 2,642 pounds.
Comments: Design originally built to Dutch specifications for service in the East Indies. K-1 was the original model and was to be replaced by new Dutch-assembled K-2 versions. However, X-37 was the only K-2 version to arrive in the NEI before the invasion of Holland in May 1940.
*Do. 24K-1 Version
Type: Reconnaissance Flying Boat
Crew: 4
Number: 10
Performance:
Powerplant: 2 × 750 hp Rolls Royce Eagle or Lorraine Dietrich engines; Do. Whale F models: 2 × 600 hp Lorraine Courlis engines
Maximum Speed: 143 mph
Cruising Speed: 124 mph
Range: 1,180 miles
7 minutes to 9,842 feet
Weight: 10,362 lbs empty
17,637 lbs loaded
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 76 feet, 1½ inches
Length: 60 feet, ½ inch
Height: 17 Feet, 6½ inches
Wing Area: 1,033.34 square feet
Armament: 2 × 7.7mm machine guns, maximum bomb load of 2,200 pounds.
Comments: In use with Netherlands East Indies Naval Air Force since the mid-1920s. Original order numbered 46 planes, but only 10 remained operational by the outbreak of the Pacific War.
Type: Patrol Bomber Flying Boat
Crew: 7
Number: 36
Performance:
Powerplant: 2 × 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-82 engines
Max Speed At 5,700 Feet: 200 mph
Cruising Speed: 115 mph
Range: 1,895 miles
Ceiling: 21,600 feet
Weight: 17,400 lbs empty
33,389 lbs loaded
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 104 feet
Length: 63 feet, 10 inches
Height: 18 feet, 11 inches
Wing Area: 1,400 square feet
Armament: 4 × .50 Browning machine guns, 4 × depth charges, 2 × torpedoes or 4 × 1,000 pound bombs.
Comments: 36 PBYs were completed for the Netherlands East Indies Naval Air Force at the Consolidated aircraft factory in San Diego, California between August and October 1941. Although the first PBY arrived at Soerabaja September 5 of that year, the last Catalinas did not arrive until January 1942, well after the outbreak of war with Japan. An additional 12 amphibious aircraft were still on order when Java fell and were delivered to the remnants of MLD at Ceylon from March 1942.
Type: Torpedo Bomber/Reconnaissance Floatplane
Crew: 4
Number: 11
Performance:
Powerplant: 2 × 768 hp Wright Cyclone SR-1820-F2
Max Speed At 2,624 Feet: 161 mph
Cruising Speed: 135 mph
Range: 970 miles
Ceiling: 19,360 feet
3 minutes, 6 seconds to 3,280 feet
Weight: 10,284 lbs empty
15,873 lbs loaded
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 85 feet, 11½ inches
Length: 57 feet, 9 inches
Height: 19 feet, 8¼ inches
Wing Area: 1,052 square feet
Armament: 3 × 7.7mm FN-Browning machine guns, maximum (internal) bomb load of 1,764 pounds or 1 × torpedo under fuselage.
Comments: Designed for service in the East Indies and first flown in 1927. All 24 planes constructed were sent to the Far East. Eleven were left in December 1941, and served in auxiliary roles.
Type: Trainer/Reconnaissance Floatplane
Crew: 2
Number: 10
Performance:
Powerplant: 1 × 450 hp Wright R-975E-3 engine
Maximum Speed: 143 mph
Cruising Speed: 120 mph
Range: 590 miles
Ceiling: 17,720 feet
3 minutes, 48 seconds to 3,280 feet
Weight: 2,930 lbs empty
4,300 lbs loaded
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 39 feet, 5 inches
Length: 31 feet, 2 inches
Height: 13 feet, 11 inches
Wing Area: 342.22 square feet
Armament: 2 × 7.9mm FN-Browning or 7.7mm Browning machine guns. For aircraft operating in Europe, 7.9mm was the standard caliber, while 7.7mm was the standard for aircraft in the NEI. As these aircraft were originally built and delivered to units in Holland, they would have been armed with 7.9mm weapons; however, it is unknown whether they were rearmed after their arrival in the NEI in mid-1940.
Comments: These aircraft were 11 survivors from the German invasion of Holland in May 1940. They were initially evacuated to England and eventually sent on to the East Indies later that year.
Type: Cruiser Reconnaissance Floatplane
Crew: 2
Number: 8
Performance:
Powerplant: 1 × 750 hp Wright Cyclone SR-1820
Max Speed At 5,750 Feet: 174 mph
Cruising Speed: 146 mph
Range: 453 miles
Ceiling 20,990 feet
2 minutes, 24 seconds to 3,280 feet
Weight: 3,792 lbs empty
5,622 lbs loaded
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 42 feet, 8 inches
Length: 31 feet, 1 inches
Height: 14 feet, 9 inches
Wing Area: 430.4 square feet
Armament: 2 × 7.7mm FN-Browning machine guns
Comments: Dual-purpose floatplane intended for shipboard and land-based operations. Entered service in 1938 and most sent to the Far East. Eight were aboard the cruisers Hr.Ms. De Ruyter and Hr.Ms. Java, but were later off-loaded for land operations. Only five were operational. Also operated aboard the cruisers Hr.Ms. Sumatra and Hr.Ms. Tromp, although the latter’s aircraft was destroyed in a landing accident before the outbreak of war and was not replaced.
Type: Light Reconnaissance/Trainer
Crew: 2
Number: 12 (Original Number Sent To East Indies)
Performance:
Powerplant: 1 × 225 hp Armstrong Siddely Lynx engine
Maximum Speed: 100 mph
Cruising Speed: 81 mph
Maximum Range: 625 miles
Ceiling: 7,870 feet
27 minutes to 6,560 feet
Weight: 2,643 lbs empty
3.776 lbs loaded
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 42 feet, 4 inches
Length: 31 feet, 2 inches
Height: 13 feet, 2 inches
Wing Area: 389 square feet
Armament: 1 × fixed forward firing Browning 7.7mm machine gun and 1 × flexible 7.7mm Lewis gun in observer’s cockpit; assorted small bombs under aft fuselage.
Comments: First flown in 1926. Twelve eventually sent to Naval Squadron in Far East. Six left in auxiliary capacity when Japanese attacked, although these might have been retired from service in 1941.