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1676:Edo Aircraft
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1321:Handley Page
1262:Edo Aircraft
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110:First flight
87:Number built
77:Primary user
62:Manufacturer
48:Scout bomber
1303:Great Lakes
863:Other types
407:Performance
395:Powerplant:
261:aboard the
200:machine gun
182:Development
1890:Categories
1787:Beechcraft
1416:Cox-Klemin
1170:Aeromarine
919:Dragon Eye
486:References
383:Wing area:
223:horsepower
211:horsepower
135:, in 1941.
1699:Fairchild
1537:Fairchild
1102:Buccaneer
371:Wingspan:
311:Operators
282:USS
266:USS
192:monoplane
149:monoplane
1658:Bellanca
1445:Brewster
1380:Sikorsky
1244:Bellanca
1069:Fighters
1032:aircraft
1030:Brewster
929:Extender
761:Trainers
622:Fighters
452:See also
434:Armament
292:Variants
278:trainers
268:Saratoga
227:kilowatt
215:kilowatt
133:Virginia
92:30 (SBN)
90:1 (XSBA)
67:Brewster
34:in 1941.
1630:Curtiss
1519:Grumman
1496:Douglas
1339:Loening
1285:Grumman
1188:Curtiss
1112:Corsair
1107:Buffalo
1097:Bermuda
988:BQM-108
969:Vantage
964:Swallow
648:Bombers
377:Height:
365:Length:
129:Norfolk
97:History
1846:Vultee
1753:Vought
1573:Vought
1398:Vought
1362:Martin
959:SPIDER
954:SENDER
934:FINDER
907:drones
792:Drones
730:Scouts
684:Patrol
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188:XSBA-1
163:. The
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1090:Names
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981:drone
939:FLYRT
924:EAGER
914:ALICE
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1836:SN2J
1766:SO2U
1735:Ryan
1689:SO2E
1648:SO3C
1643:SO2C
1591:SB3U
1586:SB2U
1509:SB2D
1486:SB3C
1481:SB2C
1458:SB2A
1060:A-34
1050:SB2A
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1831:SNJ
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1761:SOU
1743:SOR
1725:SON
1707:SOK
1684:SOE
1666:SOE
1638:SOC
1609:SBW
1581:SBU
1563:SBN
1545:SBF
1527:SBF
1504:SBD
1476:SBC
1453:SBA
1352:S2L
1329:HPS
1275:S2E
1234:SDW
1211:S4C
1206:S3C
1201:S2C
1154:USN
1081:F3A
1076:F2A
1045:SBA
905:NRL
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839:KGN
829:KDN
814:KAN
799:TDN
778:N5N
773:N3N
768:N2N
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742:OSN
721:PBN
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