AFAMF Chu X-PO

[fubar57]

I was unaware the Chinese made aircraft during WW2 though this was only a proto-type...https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1594

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[fahrens]

Designed by the Chief of the Air Force Technical Bureau, Major General Chu Chia-Jen, in 1941, the X-PO was a single-seat fighter monoplane, the single prototype of which was produced by AFAMF in 1943. Based largely on the Curtiss Hawk 75, it was of mixed construction with wooden three-spar wings, welded steel tube fuselage and plywood skinning. It was anticipated that the X-PO would be produced in series at AFAMF No. 1 factory at Kunming, however the prototype was flown for the first time in 1943, at Yangling. After circling the airfield, the X-PO landed too fast, ground-looped and was written off. In the meantime, the American entry into World War II meant that American fighters were available to the Chinese, removing the need for China to manufacture indigenous fighter aircraft. (Wikipedia) It is mentioned in the biography of Claire Lee Chennault of Flying Tigers fame.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

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