The Fairchild AT-21 Gunner was an American Second World War bomber crew trainer meant to teach gunnery with power turrets or flexible guns and the working of a bomber crew. It grew from the XAT-14 prototype, a scaled-down twin-engine bomber built from Duramold plastic-bonded plywood and powered by two inline Ranger V-770 engines. Fairchild built one aircraft at Hagerstown and 106 at Burlington, North Carolina, in 1943 and 1944, while Bellanca built 39 and McDonnell 30. Vibration, yaw instability from the gull wing and weak single-engine performance made it unsuitable for training, and it was withdrawn in 1944, many airframes ending as targets.
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Fairchild Aircraft Company built one aircraft in Hagerstown and 106 aircraft at their Burlington, North Carolina plant in 1943 and 1944
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The Fairchild AT-21 is an American World War II specialized bomber crew trainer
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Fairchild Aircraft Company built one aircraft in Hagerstown and 106 aircraft at their Burlington, North Carolina plant in 1943 and 1944
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powered by two 520 hp (388 kW) Ranger V-770 inline inverted 12-cylinder vee-type engines
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The aircraft was withdrawn from service in 1944
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specialized bomber crew trainer
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Fairchild Aircraft Company built one aircraft in Hagerstown and 106 aircraft at their Burlington, North Carolina plant in 1943 and 1944
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The Fairchild AT-21 is an American World War II specialized bomber crew trainer
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The Fairchild AT-21 is an American World War II specialized bomber crew trainer, intended to train crews in the use of power gun turrets or a gun on a flexible mount
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The Fairchild AT-21 is an American World War II specialized bomber crew trainer, intended to train crews in the use of power gun turrets or a gun on a flexible mount
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developed by Fairchild Aircraft from the company's AT-21 Gunner advanced trainer
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