North American P-64

NA-50, NA-68/P-64
North American P-64
General information
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	North American Aviation
Primary users	Peruvian Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Number built	13
History
First flight	May 1939 (NA-50)[1] 1 September 1940 (NA-68)[2]
Retired	1950 (Peru)
Developed from	North American NA-16

The North American P-64 was the designation assigned by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to the North American Aviation NA-68 fighter, an upgraded variant of the NA-50 developed during the late 1930s. Seven NA-50s were purchased by the Peruvian Air Force, which nicknamed it Torito ("Little Bull").

Six NA-68s ordered by the Royal Thai Air Force were seized before export by the US government in 1941, after the Franco-Thai War and growing ties between Thailand and the Empire of Japan. These aircraft were used by the USAAC as unarmed fighter trainers.

The Peruvian NA-50s subsequently saw action during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941.