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.

All labels observed (7)

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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 ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
designationByUSArmyAirCorps A-17 ⓘ
developedFrom Northrop Gamma ⓘ
engineConfiguration single radial engine ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
exportVariant Northrop Model 8A ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
firstFlight 1935 ⓘ
fuselageType all‑metal monoplane ⓘ
introduced 1936 ⓘ
landingGear fixed landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Northrop Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Northrop
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 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy Iraqi Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Peruvian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
Swedish Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
usedInPeriod interwar period ⓘ
variant Northrop A-17A ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17

Northrop A-17AS ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
wingConfiguration low wing ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Wright R-1820 → usedOnAircraft → Northrop A-17 ⓘ
subject linked to: Wright R-1820 radial engine
Vultee Aircraft → product → Vultee V-11 ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
Jack Northrop → designed → Northrop A-17 ⓘ
Douglas A-33 → derivedFrom → Northrop A-17 ⓘ
Douglas A-33 → originDesign → Northrop A-17 attack bomber ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
Northrop Gamma → influenced → Northrop A‑17 ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
Northrop A-17 → variant → Northrop A-17A ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
Northrop A-17 → variant → Northrop A-17AS ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17
Northrop A-17 → exportVariant → Northrop Model 8A ⓘ
linked to: Northrop A-17