North American A-27

A-27
Two A-27s of the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Nichols Field, Philippines, in 1941.
General information
TypeGround attack
National originUnited States
ManufacturerNorth American Aviation
Primary userUnited States Army Air Corps
Number built10
History
First flightJune 1940
Developed fromNorth American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation A-27 is an attack version of the North American T-6 Texan. Ten aircraft were ordered by Thailand as NA-69 light attack aircraft.[1]

Instead of being delivered to Thailand, the aircraft were taken over in 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.

  1. ^ ""North American AT-6 Texan"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-06-24.