Following WWI, Air Corps planners saw the need for a ground attack aircraft, which was armored and carried a 37 mm cannon and eight .30 caliber machine guns. This resulted in the GA-1. Six aircraft were built:
1. Boeing GA-1 (1920)
2. Orenco IL-1 (1921) (Also known as a Model E)
3. Junkers...
aeromarineplaneandmotorcompany
air-to-ground
boeing
early 1920s
gallaudet aircraft corporation
ground attack
interwar period
junkers flugzeug- und motorenwerke ag
ordnance engineering corporation / orenco
united states
united states army air corps
united states army air service
Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., and principal of Aeromarine Airways, developed training aircraft for the US Navy during WWI. After the war they attempted to capitalize on a number of Curtiss HS-2L and F-5L surplus seaplanes by converting them into civilian 'aerial yachts' for their airline...
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