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- P48X Vanguard registration number NX21755
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- Vultee Vanguard for RAF, serial BW209
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- Mechanics maintain Vultee P-66 Vanguard, 1942
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- Vultee Vanguard NX21755
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- Second prototype during test flight
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- Vultee P-66 serial 42-6851, 1942
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- Second Vanguard 1940/1941
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- British Vultee Vanguard BW209
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- Vultee P-66 Vanguard 42-6955
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- Vultee Vanguard BW209 in RAF markings
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- Vultee Vanguard 510, 1941
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- P-66 Vanguard 42-6902, 1941
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- Vultee P-66 Vanguard 42-6938, 1941
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- Vanguards at Karachi 1942. 42-6959 in the foreground
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- P-66 for China
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- Vultee P-66 Vanguard on the ground
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- Vultee V-49C for Sweden, 1940
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- Vultee Vanguard serial 42-6955
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- Vultee P-66 and B-25C 41-12594, 1942
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- P-66 42-6955 2
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- 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.