North American A-27

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A-27
Two A-27s of the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Nichols Field, Philippines, in 1941.
Role Ground attack
National origin United States
Manufacturer North American Aviation
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 10
Developed from North American BC-1

The North American Aviation A-27 is an attack version of the North American BC-1. Ten aircraft were ordered by Thailand as NA-69 light attack aircraft.[1]

Instead of being delivered to Thailand, the aircraft were taken over on October 1940 by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to keep them out of Japanese hands and redesignated A-27 under the USAAC aircraft designation system. Assigned to Nichols Field in the Philippines and used as a trainer, all A-27s were destroyed within a month during the Japanese invasion of that country during World War II.

Operators

 United States
 Thailand

Specifications (A-27)

Data from [citation needed]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 2

Performance Armament

  • Guns: **2 x nose-mounted 30 Cal. Browning machine guns
    • 1 x rear-mounted 30 Cal. machine gun
  • Bombs: 4 x 100 lb bombs on underwing racks

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References