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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) was a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with the Vultee XP-54 and Northrop XP-56 it resulted from United States Army Air Corps proposal R-40C issued on 27 November 1939 for aircraft with improved performance armament and pilot visibility over existing fighters; it specifically allowed for unconventional aircraft designs.
