Fairchild AT-21

Fairchild AT-21 "Gunner"
Fairchild AT-21 Gunner
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Fairchild
First flight:	1943

The Fairchild AT-21 ("Gunner") was a trainer aircraft that was used in the United States to train bomber pilots during World War II .

History and equipment

The first model of this machine, the Fairchild XAT-13, had two radial engines with an output of 447 kW (608 hp) and was made entirely of plywood. As armament, the Fairchild AT-21 has two 7.62 mm machine guns, one of which is in the bow and one in the gun turret on the rear of the fuselage, as well as a bomb bay. The prototype of the Fairchild XAT-14 had an in-line Ranger V-770-6 engine with an output of 388 kW (528 hp). The later production version, the Fairchild AT-21 Gunner, had no bomb bay but a 7.62 mm twin machine-gun on the top of the stern. A total of 175 copies of the Fairchild AT-21 Gunner were built.

Fairchild AT-21 Gunner in flight

production

Approval of the AT-21 by the USAAF:

Manufacturer	1943	1944	TOTAL
Fairchild, Burlington	8th	97	105
Fairchild, Hagerstown		1	1
Bellanca, Newcastle		39	39
McDonnell, Memphis		30th	30th
TOTAL	8th	167	175

Technical specifications

Parameter	Fairchild AT-21 Gunner
crew	5
length	11.28 m
span	16.05 m
Max. Takeoff mass	5670 kg
Top speed	314 km / h
Range	1400 km
Engines	two Ranger V-770-11 or two Ranger V-770-15 with 388 kW (528 hp) each

literature

• Susan Harris: Encyclopedia of Aircraft - Technology, Models, Data , Weltbild Verlag GmbH, Augsburg 1994, ISBN 3-89350-055-3 , p. 258.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistical Digest of the USAF 1946, p. 100 ff.

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