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Boeing P-26A "Peashooter" (2)
The American Boeing P-26 Peashooter, was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps.
The prototype first flew in 1932, and the plane was obsolete by 1935, when the prototype of the Messerschmitt BF-109 first flew. But the Corps flew this fighter as late as 1941 in the Philippines because better fighters in large numbers were not available.
Boeing P-26A "Peashooter" (2)
The American Boeing P-26 Peashooter, was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps.
The prototype first flew in 1932, and the plane was obsolete by 1935, when the prototype of the Messerschmitt BF-109 first flew. But the Corps flew this fighter as late as 1941 in the Philippines because better fighters in large numbers were not available.