1932, Curtis Aircraft Company of the United States integrated the carrier-based fighters F 1 1C-II and Eagle -3 fighters of the Army Air Force in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
According to the characteristics of P-6E, a new Eagle II fighter was redesigned for export, and people were sent to China to perform in order to promote this fighter. 1933, the Nanjing government and the Guangdong government launched a campaign to donate aircraft, and * * * purchased 50 Eagle Strike II aircraft. Shortly thereafter, based on F 1 1C-II, Curtis Aircraft Company developed a carrier-based fighter/bomber F 1 1C-III (later renamed BF2C- 1), which has landing gears on both sides of the nose, but its performance is not good. Shortly thereafter, Curtis Aircraft Company changed the wing of F 1 1C-III from metal to wood. Dismantle the radio communication equipment equipped on the original plane; The three-blade variable pitch propeller was replaced, making it an "Eagle III" outlet. At the beginning of 1936, the Nanjing National Government launched a gift for Chiang Kai-shek's 50th birthday, and * * * raised 3.5 million yuan. Most of this money is used to buy Eagle III complete machines and parts. Together with 9 aircraft ordered by Guangzhou Local Air Force, China ordered 102 Eagle III aircraft and a number of major components. Since then, Eagle III has become the main type of China Air Force in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Eagle III is not a famous airplane, but it occupies an important position in China's great anti-Japanese air combat history. In particular, this type of aircraft is associated with many famous anti-Japanese names in China, which is worth remembering and recalling by future generations. [2] 1 On August 4th, 937, Gao Zhihang, the 4th battalion commander of China Air Force, led the pilots of this brigade to meet the Japanese bombers, which created a brilliant achievement of shooting down three enemy planes and seriously injuring them1,but did not suffer any combat casualties. The Eagle Ⅲ aircraft exhibited in China Aviation Museum is a replica of Gao Zhihang's landline-Ⅳ-1in the "August 14th" air battle.
Wingspan: 9.6m Maximum horizontal flight speed: 360km/h Eagle III fighter.
Captain: 7.7m service ceiling: 84 10m machine height: 3.04m range: 1284km gross weight: 1887kg crew: 1 military equipment:12.7mm caliber machine gun; 1 A 7.62mm machine gun can mount a 227kg or four 53kg bomb engines: Wright R- 1820-F53 745 HP (555kW) X 1[3].