A-36 Apache

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The A-36 Apache was a World War II American ground-attack and dive-bomber aircraft developed from the early P-51 Mustang airframe.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
A-36 Apache canonical 1
A-36A 1
North American A-36 Apache 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
dive bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftFamily Mustang family ⓘ
airframeBasedOn early P-51 Mustang airframe ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A-36A ⓘ
linked to: A-36 Apache
armamentFeature bomb racks ⓘ
dive brakes ⓘ
wing-mounted machine guns ⓘ
category single-seat fighter-bomber ⓘ
combatUse strafing ⓘ
tactical bombing ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
derivedVariantOf North American P-51 Mustang ⓘ
designedFor dive-bombing accuracy ⓘ
low-level attack ⓘ
developedFrom P-51 Mustang ⓘ
engineModel Allison V-1710 ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
firstFlightYear 1942 ⓘ
fuselageMaterial all-metal ⓘ
hasWingMountedDiveBrakes true ⓘ
introducedInYear 1942 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer North American Aviation ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
numberBuilt 500 ⓘ
operator United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
powerplantCount 1 ⓘ
primaryUser United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
propellerBlades 3 ⓘ
propulsion single-engine propeller ⓘ
role dive bombing ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy USAAF tactical air forces ⓘ
usedFor close air support ⓘ
interdiction missions ⓘ
usedInTheater China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A-36 Apache → alsoKnownAs → A-36A ⓘ
linked to: A-36 Apache
27th Fighter Group → aircraftOperated → North American A-36 Apache ⓘ
linked to: A-36 Apache