A-8 "Shrike" | |
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General information | |
Type | Attack aircraft |
Manufacturer | Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company |
Designer | Don Berlin[1] |
Primary user | United States Army Air Corps |
History | |
Manufactured | 13 |
Introduction date | April 1932 |
First flight | June 1931 |
Variants | YA-10 Shrike A-12 Shrike |
The Curtiss A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon. The Model 59 "Shrike" was designated XA-8.[a]
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