Aircraft Photo of 64245 / AS64245 | Aeromarine PG-1 | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #390047
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:64245
Alternate Serial:AS64245
Military Code:P-240
Aircraft Original Type:Aeromarine PG-1
Aircraft Generic Type:Aeromarine PG-1
Aircraft Version:Aeromarine PG-1
C/n (msn):[ 64245 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:August 1922 to December 1923
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 390047
Photo Comment

The US Army's GAX programme was an early attempt at an armoured ground attack aircraft, to be fitted with a 37-mm cannon firing through the propeller hub. Built by the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company of Keyport, New Jersey, the PG-1 was, not surprisingly, a poor performer and unpopular with Army test pilots. The first of three machines delivered to the USAAS, 64245 is seen wearing McCook Field project number P-240.

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