Northrop A-17

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The Northrop A-17 was a 1930s American single-engine, low-wing attack bomber used primarily by the U.S. Army Air Corps and several foreign air forces before and during the early years of World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Northrop A-17 canonical 2
Vultee V-11 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf attack aircraft
light bomber
low‑wing monoplane
single‑engine aircraft
aircraftCategory military aircraft
armament defensive machine gun in rear cockpit
forward‑firing machine guns
internal bomb load
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crew 2
designationByUSArmyAirCorps A-17 NERFINISHED
developedFrom Northrop Gamma NERFINISHED
engineConfiguration single radial engine
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior NERFINISHED
era 1930s
exportVariant Northrop Model 8A NERFINISHED
firstFlight 1935
fuselageType all‑metal monoplane
introduced 1936
landingGear fixed landing gear
manufacturer Northrop Corporation NERFINISHED
maximumSpeed approximately 220 mph
notableFeature internal bomb bay with external racks on some variants
numberBuilt over 400
operatorRole attack bomber
powerplantCount 1
primaryRole ground attack
range approximately 650 miles
retired early 1940s
secondaryRole light bombing
serviceCeiling approximately 22,000 ft
successor Douglas A-20 Havoc NERFINISHED
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedBy Iraqi Air Force NERFINISHED
Norwegian Air Force NERFINISHED
Peruvian Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force NERFINISHED
South African Air Force NERFINISHED
Swedish Air Force NERFINISHED
United States Army Air Corps NERFINISHED
usedInConflict World War II
usedInPeriod interwar period
variant Northrop A-17A NERFINISHED
Northrop A-17AS NERFINISHED
wingConfiguration low wing

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Wright R-1820 radial engine usedOnAircraft Northrop A-17
subject surface form: Wright R-1820
Vultee Aircraft product Northrop A-17
this entity surface form: Vultee V-11
Jack Northrop designed Northrop A-17