Essentially....A contender for the new light attack turboprop/COIN aircraft?<-- I miss the little red devil face smiley
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Negative. Similar time frame, but all piston engined. It's kind of hard to make out in the second pic, but it says "Boeing" on the cowling. It was marketed as a "five in one fighter" long before the Navy had come up with the concept of a strike fighter.
FR-1 Fireball pic below for comparison. The aircraft in question was larger by ~10' in all dimensions.
Oh, and you're correct on the third; A2D Skyshark. The A2D, while similar in appearance to the A-1, was a new aircraft that was designed to operate off of the Navy's Casablanca escort carriers. The Navy wanted a turboprop aircraft due to better fuel consumption and power response over the jet engines of the time. Development of the A2D was marred by an ineffective engine that led to a testing delays. By the time these delays were overcome the CVEs had been mothballed and Douglas had A4Ds ready for testing.
Interestingly enough, the British, never ones to be outdone when it comes to weird aircraft, did operationalize an aircraft similar to the A2D, the Westland Wyvern:
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Second one is a Boeing XF8B-1
http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/xf8b1.html
"The XF8B-1 fighter-bomber was the heaviest carrier-based airplane built before the end of World War II.
The XF8B-1 could be flown as a torpedo bomber and, because of its single-seat configuration, could also be used as a fighter. Because of its size and great horsepower, the XF8B-1 used an unusual dual six-blade contrarotating propeller. It carried bombs internally and extra fuel externally, and its six machine guns were mounted inside the folding wings.
Only three XF8-1s were built during 1944 and 1945. The aircraft never went into major production because changing wartime strategy required that Boeing concentrate on building land-based large bombers and transports."
http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/xf8b1.html
"The XF8B-1 fighter-bomber was the heaviest carrier-based airplane built before the end of World War II.
The XF8B-1 could be flown as a torpedo bomber and, because of its single-seat configuration, could also be used as a fighter. Because of its size and great horsepower, the XF8B-1 used an unusual dual six-blade contrarotating propeller. It carried bombs internally and extra fuel externally, and its six machine guns were mounted inside the folding wings.
Only three XF8-1s were built during 1944 and 1945. The aircraft never went into major production because changing wartime strategy required that Boeing concentrate on building land-based large bombers and transports."
So loud and such a high freq due to supersonic prop tips it apparently induced dizziness and puking of the ground crews.
Thunderscreech not Thundercepter.
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