North American A-27
Appearance
A-27 | |
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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 Army Air Corps
- 4th Composite Group, Nichols Field, Luzon, Philippines
- 3rd Pursuit Squadron - 1941
- 17th Pursuit Squadron - 1941
- 20th Pursuit Squadron - 1941
- 4th Composite Group, Nichols Field, Luzon, Philippines
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
Related lists
References
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