I've got that issue - and a scanner, but the only reference that I see to a Fairchild AT-21 in the magazine is a single photo with a caption mentioning that the "less-than-successful AT-21 formed the basis for the XBQ-3." The actual article is about the XBQ-3 flying bomb and one in particular that lost power during a manned test flight and crash-landed in a field of a farm near Trotwood, OH on July 19, 1944. Is that the one you want? PM me with an e-mail address - and confirmation that that's the article you want.
Coincidentally, I am not far from Burlington, NC where the primary Fairchild AT-21 assembly line was located. In fact, I know exactly where it was. The airport that used to be there is long gone - they built a Wal-Mart on part of the old runway.
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