The North American O-47 was a pre-war American observation fixed-wing monoplane aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps. It had a low-wing configuration, retractable landing gear, and a three-blade propeller. It was larger and heavier than most preceding observation aircraft and its crew of three sat in tandem under the long canopy. Windows in the deep belly overcame the obstacle that the wings presented to downward observation and photography. During World War II, it was deployed for a wide range of routine operational duties such as towing targets, coastal patrol, and anti-submarine patrol. This book describes in great detail the development history and service history of this overlooked aircraft. Many unpublished photographs, new colour profiles and scale plans complete the story.

About the Author
Dan Hagedorn is Curator and Director of Collections at The Museum of Flight at historic Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, and is a graduate of Villa Maria College, the State University of New York, and the Command and General Staff College (U.S. Army, post-graduate). He was previously Adjunct Curator and Research Team Leader at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC for 19 years. Prior to that, he served in the U.S. Armed Forces for 27 years in leadership and intelligence positions worldwide and has, to date, authored 21 monographs or books detailing various aspects of aviation and aerospace history. In conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution, he was named an Unsung Hero of the Smithsonian Institution and was awarded the Orden do Merito Santos-Dumont by the Brazilian Government for services to Latin American aviation history, in which he specializes.


Book Information
ISBN 9788365958907
Author Dan Hagedorn
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Mushroom Model Publications
Publisher Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur Juszczak