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Boeing FB-5 Hawk

Boeing Aircraft Co.

The FB series of U.S. Navy fighters began with the Boeing Model 15 prototype in 1923. The Army procured several examples of the promising design, which it designated the PW-9. The Navy closely followed the Army's testing of the aircraft and added an order for 14 to an Army contract in late 1924. The Navy designated their airplane the FB 1. The FB-2, FB-3, and FB-4 were simply FB-1s modified to test different components.

Date

1926

Type

CRAFT-Aircraft

Medium

Wingspan: 9.8 m (32 ft)

Department

NASM

Institution

National Air and Space Museum

Object number

nasm_A19730268000

Credit

Gift of Robert Gallaher