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IWA-01 – Boeing P-26A “Peashooter”
Few aircraft illustrate the rapid development of military aviation between the two World Wars better than the distinctive Boeing P-26 “Peashooter.” Sleek, compact and brightly marked in pre-war U.S. Army Air Corps colours, it belonged to a fascinating transitional period between the fabric-covered biplanes of the 1920s and the powerful enclosed-cockpit fighters that would dominate the Second World War.
First flown in 1932, the P-26 became the first all-metal production monoplane fighter used by the United States Army Air Corps. Yet its design still retained features from an earlier generation, including an open cockpit, fixed landing gear and externally braced wings. Aviation technology was advancing so quickly that the Peashooter appeared thoroughly modern when introduced but was already being overtaken by newer fighter concepts only a few years later.
IWA-01 – Boeing P-26A Peashooter captures one of the most recognisable American fighters of the inter-war era. Its compact shape and colourful markings make it a particularly striking display aircraft and a dramatic contrast to the more subdued camouflage associated with wartime aviation.
The P-26 was not confined entirely to peacetime service. Variants were exported overseas, and aircraft of the type saw combat in China and with the Philippine Army Air Corps during the early stages of the Pacific War.
For collectors of aviation history, the Peashooter represents an important stepping stone in fighter development – a machine standing almost exactly between the biplane age and the high-performance monoplanes that followed.
Available from The Military Workshop – a superb John Jenkins Designs Boeing P-26A Peashooter celebrating one of the most distinctive American fighters of the 1930s.
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