Brewster B-339C Buffalo
B-3107 ML-KNIL
The
Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger
("Military Air Service of the Royal Netherlands East Indian Army",
ML-KNIL) had ordered 144 Brewster B-339C and 339D models, the former
with rebuilt Wright G-105 engines supplied by the Dutch and the latter
with new 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-40 engines Brewster
purchased from Wright. At the outbreak of war, only 71 had arrived in
the Dutch
East Indies, and not all were in service. A small number served
briefly at Singapore before being withdrawn for the defense of Java.