by Phil
3. July 2008 01:19
Photos of the P-75 undergoing restoration at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH.
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The General Motors P-75A Eagle was a fighter aircraft for which the Fisher Body Division of General Motors Corporation in September 1942 submitted a proposal to meet a United States Army Air Forces requirement for a fighter possessing an extremely high rate of climb. The proposal was for an aircraft that used the most powerful liquid-cooled engine then available, the Allison V-3420 (essentially a pair of 12 cylinder Allison V-1710 engines mated to a common crankcase), and components from existing aircraft. At the time, General Motors was busy in several projects towards the war effort, including the mass production of several different aircraft types, including the Grumman TBF Avenger. Some sources claim that the P-75 was the result of a scheme to get General Motors out of being forced to build Boeing B-29 Superfortresses; the P-75 project being a "high-priority" project to help GM avoid the added strain of Superfortress production.
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