This Day in Aviation History
May 7th, 1944
First flight of the Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly.

The Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly was a United States ground attack aircraft, fitted with a forward-firing 75 mm cannon to attack heavily armored targets. The first prototype flew on 7 May 1944 but after testing it became obvious it would not be ready for the projected invasion of Japan, and furthermore it used engines required by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress — which had priority – and so it was canceled after two prototypes had been completed….

Source:
Wikipedia, Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly: http://gstv.us/1c7ZYA9

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