Airplane Model*Hobby Master HA7506 1:48 Boeing P-26A – Miniature Marvels: Airplane Models & Painted Dice

Hobby Master 1:48 P-26 HA7506.

Highly detailed diecast pre-finished collector model airplane.Each model comes with display stand, rolling gears, and is assembled and ready to display.

Boeings first and last all-metal monoplane fighter produced for the US Army Air Corpswas the P-26. Known as the Peashooter there were 111 P-26As produced. The wingswere braced with wire instead of wooden struts and this reduced drag and along with a500 hp engine the aircraft was much faster than the older bi-planes. The mono-wing alsomeant a higher landing speed so flaps had to be added to slow the aircraft down. It hadfixed landing gear and an open cockpit with just a windscreen to protect the pilot.

The first group to replace their Boeing P-12s with the new Boeing P-26A was the 20thPG. The new aircraft were delivered between December 1933 and early 1934 and wereassigned to the 55th, 77th and 79th PSs. The P-26 was used until February 19, 1935.The 20th PG was stationed at the new Barksdale Field in Louisiana named after a WWIveteran 2nd Lt. E.H. Barksdale. The airfield was used by fighter and attack pilots topractice their gunnery and bombing. On January 13, 1948 the airfield was renamedBarksdale Air Force Base. The tail code for the 20th PG was PT where P stood forPursuit while T is the 20th letter of the alphabet.