Boeing XAT-15

AT-15

Role	Bomber-crew trainer
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boeing Wichita
First flight	1942
Primary user	United States Army Air Corps
Number built	2

The Boeing AT-15 was an American twin-engined bomber crew trainer designed and built by Boeing's Wichita Division. Only two prototypes, designated XAT-15, were built. Plans to build over 1,000 were cancelled on the United States' entry into the Second World War. The proposed name Crewmaker was not officially adopted.

Development

One of the first projects for the former Stearman Aircraft Company which in 1939 had become the Wichita Division of Boeing was a twin-engined trainer for bomber crews. Designated X-120 by the company, two examples were ordered by the United States Army Air Corps as the XAT-15. The AT-15 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with two wing-mounted Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial engines. It had a retractable tailwheel landing gear and an extended glazed fuselage nose for the trainee bomb-aimer. Due to shortage of materials, the aircraft was built of welded steel tube covered with plywood, with wooden wings and tail unit. The two aircraft were delivered to the USAAC, but after the country's entry into the war a change in priorities resulted in the planned order for more than 1,000 aircraft not being placed.

Operator

United States

United States Army Air Corps

Specifications (XAT-15)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Length: 42 ft 4 in (12.90 m)
Wingspan: 59 ft 8 in (18.19 m)
Wing area: 457 ft² (42.46 m²)
Empty weight: 10,640 lb (4826 kg)
Gross weight: 14,355 lb (6511 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial piston engine, 600 hp (447 kW) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 207 mph (333 km/h)
Range: 850 miles (1368 km)
Service ceiling: 18,900 ft (5760 m)

Armament

4 x 0.3in (7.62mm) machine-gun
10 x 100lb (45kg) bomb

References

Notes

↑ Orbis 1985, page 815

Bibliography

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stearman aircraft.

Aerofiles

Stearman Aircraft

Aircraft	M2 C1 C2 C3 4 6 75 76 80 81 Sportser X-85 X-90 X-91 X-100 X-120

Companies	Stearman Aircraft United Aircraft and Transport Corporation Boeing Spirit AeroSystems

Boeing military aircraft

Fighters/attack aircraft:	PW-9/FB F2B F3B F4B XF6B P-29/XF7B XF8B P-12 P-26 818 F-15E F-22 AV-8B F-15SE F/A-18E/F EA-18G

Bombers	YB-9 XB-15 B-17 Y1B-20 B-29 XB-38 XB-39 YB-40 XB-44 B-47 B-50 B-52 B-54 XB-55 XB-56 XB-59 B-1

Piston-engined transports	C-73 C-75 C-97 C-98 C-108

Jet transports	C-135 C-137 CC-137 YC-14 C-17 C-22 VC-25 C-32 C-40

Tanker-transports	KB-29 KB-50 KC-97 KC-135 KC-137 KC-10 KC-46 KC-767

Trainers	PT-13 PT-17 PT-18 PT-27 XAT-15 T-43 T-45

Patrol and surveillance	XPB XPBB XP3B P-8 EC-135 EC-18 E-3 E-4 E-6 E-8 E-10 E-767 737 AEW&C

Reconnaissance	NC-135 OC-135B RC-135 WC-135

Drones/UAVs	CQM-121 MQ-18 X-50 ScanEagle Bird of Prey

Experimental/prototypes	X-20 X-32 X-36 X-37 X-40 X-45/Phantom Ray X-50 X-51 X-53 YAL-1 Phantom Eye

United States trainer aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems

Advanced Trainer
(1925-1948)

Basic Combat
(1936-1940)

Basic Trainer
(1930-1948)

Primary Trainer
(1924-1948)

Main sequence
(1948-present)

1948 redesignations	T-6 T-7 T-11 T-13A T-13B/D T-17 T-19

New designations	T-28 T-29 T-30 T-31 T-32 T-33 T-34 T-35 T-36 T-37 T-38 T-39 T-40 T-41 T-42 T-43 T-44 T-45 T-46 T-47 T-48 (I) T-48 (II) CT-49 T-50 T-51 T-52 T-53

Alternate sequences

1962 redesignations	T-1 T-2

1990-1996 sequence	T-1 T-2¹ T-3 T-4¹ T-5¹ T-6

¹ Not assigned

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