But the Peashooter could, and did, still put up a fight. She was first “blooded” in combat during the Second Sino-Japanese War. As noted by Robert Guttman in an August 2017 article for HistoryNet: ...

The Boeing P-26A of the mid-to-late 1930s introduced the concept of the high-performance, all-metal monoplane fighter design, which would become standard during World War II. A radical departure from ...

Boeing P-26 Peashooter Initial History and Specifications. Making its maiden flight on March 20, 1932, and entering into official service with the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) in December 1933, the ...