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ON THE COVER:
A USAAF instructor explains the bombardier position in a Beech AT-11 Kansan to student bombardiers at a Texas base during WWII. Fitted
with a Norden bombsight, the AT-11 was capable of dropping 100-pound practice bombs from its internal bomb bay, which can be seen under
the fuselage. During the war, the USAAF trained over 45,000 bombardiers and around 90% of that number received their training with the Kansan. During 1943, the USAAF established a minimum proficiency standard of 22% hits on target for trainees. Typical combat training missions took continuous evasive action within a ten-mile radius of the target with straight and level final target approaches that lasted no longer than 60 seconds. After 30 September 1943, the AT-11 usually carried a Norden
bombsight and a C-1 automatic pilot, which allowed the student to guide the aircraft during the bomb run. (USAAF)
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