North American A-27

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]

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
First flight June 1940
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 10
Developed from North American BC-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

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 2
  • Length: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
  • Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.8 m)
  • Height: 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
  • Max takeoff weight: 6,730 lb (3,053 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820 Radial, 785 hp (585 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 mph (402 km/h, 220 kn)
  • Range: 800 mi (1,290 km, 700 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 28,000 ft (8,530 m)

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
  1. ""North American AT-6 Texan"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  • Hagedorn, Dan (2009). North American's T-6: A Definitive History of the World's Most Famous Trainer. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-124-6.


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