P48X Vanguard registration number NX21755
Vultee Vanguard for RAF, serial BW209
Mechanics maintain Vultee P-66 Vanguard, 1942
Vultee Vanguard NX21755
Second prototype during test flight
Vultee P-66 serial 42-6851, 1942
Second Vanguard 1940/1941
British Vultee Vanguard BW209
Vultee P-66 Vanguard 42-6955
Vultee Vanguard BW209 in RAF markings
Vultee Vanguard 510, 1941
P-66 Vanguard 42-6902, 1941
Vultee P-66 Vanguard 42-6938, 1941
Vanguards at Karachi 1942. 42-6959 in the foreground
P-66 for China
Vultee P-66 Vanguard on the ground
Vultee V-49C for Sweden, 1940
Vultee Vanguard serial 42-6955
Vultee P-66 and B-25C 41-12594, 1942
P-66 42-6955 2
Vultee Vanguard for Sweden
The Vultee P-66 was a USAAF fighter aircraft, initially ordered by Sweden. In 1941, the United States authorities would not allow them to be exported, designating them as P-66s and retaining them for defensive and training purposes. Eventually, a large number were sent to China.
Powerplant: 1,200-hp (894.8 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S3C4-G Twin Wasp, aircooled, 14-cylinder twin row radial, piston engine driving a Hamilton Standard 23E50 three-blade hydromatic propeller.