Boeing P-26 Peashooter
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The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" is the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and b
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Formation of nine Boeing P-26s of the 20th Pursuit Group
Boeing P-26A Peashooter of the 34th Pursuit Squadron 17th Pursuit Group
Lineup of Chinese Boeing 281s
Mitsubishi A5M
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The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter, experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designatio
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…while Chinese Hawk IIs, Hawk IIIs and Fiat CR.32s claimed the other eleven. Subsequent engagements between the Chinese 281 pilots and Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A5Ms were the first aerial dogfights and kills between all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft. Chinese-American volunteer pilots who joined the Chinese Air…
An A5M2b with arrestor hook and drop tank
First prototype with inverted gull wing
An A5M from the aircraft carrier Akagi in flight with an external fuel tank (1938 or 1939)
A5M4-K