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Beechcraft A-38 Grizzly

The XA-38 was a powerful twin-engined attack aircraft. It had clean lines and powerful engines, impressive performance and excellent handling. A 75mm T15E1 cannon protruded from the nose. Two fixed machineguns were also in the nose, four more were in two remote-controlled turrets. But when the A-38 was ready there was little need for more attack aircraft, and the B-29 had priority for R-3350 engines. Only two XA-38s were built.

General characteristics XA-38
Primary function	Attack aircraft
Power plant	Two Wright R-3350-43 engines
Thrust	2x 2,300 HP		2x 1,715 kW
Wingspan	67.3 ft		20.52 m
Length	51.7 ft		15.77 m
Height	15.5 ft		4.72 m
Weight	empty	22,455 lb	10,185 kg
	max.	35,220 lb	15,975 kg
Speed	376 mph		605 km/h
Ceiling	29,000 ft		8,840 m
Range	1,625 miles		2,615 km
Armament	1x 75mm cannon, 6x 12.7mm machine guns, 1,070 kg bombs
Crew	Two
Date deployed	1944
Number built	2

Jirka Wagner (If you find some other photo, send me it, please)