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New metallic monoplane for Chinese Air Force

No it's not a Boeing P26, it's a Breda Ba 27. Differently from one can imagine by its look, this aircraft was not inspired by the contemporary Peashoot, but by the last '29 race aircrafts, abve all the Travel Air Mystery Ship (by which the same P26 was inspired). Refused by the Regia Aeronautica, anyway 18 (effectively only 11 delivered) Bredas were acquired in 1935 by the Chinese Air Force that used them, like the similar P26, in the Sino-Japanese war until late 1938. DVX