Curtiss A-12 Shrike (33-212) US Army Air Corps, the first A-12 that was delivered to Wright Field, Ohio, on November 21, 1933. It was scrapped in October 1936. The Curtiss A-12 Shrike was the United States Army Air Corps' second monoplane ground-attack aircraft, and its main attack aircraft through most of the 1930s. It was based on the A-8, but had a radial engine instead of the A-8's inline, water-cooled engine, as well as other changes. Curtiss A-12 Shrike (33-236) US Army Air Corps. Eleven Curtiss A-12 Shrike aircraft in formation near Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 1940. Curtiss A-12 "Shrike" awaiting delivery to the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in 1936. Curtiss A-12 Shrike, 90th Attack Squadron, Fort Crockett, Texas. Curtiss A-12 Shrike Serial 33-229 of the 13th Attack Squadron, 3rd Attack Group. Curtiss A-12 Shrike. Curtiss A-12 Shrike. Curtiss A-12 Shrike.