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Aug 17, 2014 · Bell P-400 Airacobra. Posted on August 17, 2014 by atcDave. The very stylish, but underachieving Airacobra was the second most numerous American fighter at the start of the war. Let’s look at what was right, and what was wrong with the little Bell.
Sep 5, 2022 · The Bell P-400 “Caribou”; Britain’s Airacobra. September 5, 2022. The Bell P-39 remains a somewhat enigmatic aircraft today, some eighty years after it first saw combat in the hands of various Allied pilots in the Second World War. Famously considered at best a mediocre aircraft by the air forces of the Western Allies, it would, in ...
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Bell Aircraft Corporation created some innovative and historically significant aircraft, some being highly controversial. The P-39 family is of the latter. The fascinating revolutionary design was the mount of the highest scoring pilot flying an Allied fighter design (it even beats the the Brewster Buffalos flown by Finnish ace Ilmari Juutilainen).
P-39s and P-400s were considered useless above 17,000' by 5th AF brass and unequal to the heavy demands being made on fighter forces in the theater. They requested P-38s, but were offered P-63s, which they countered with a request for P-47s—they ended up with P-40s. In mid-summer 1942 the Soviets requested the USAAF stop sending P-40s and ...
Aircraft Version: Bell P-400 Airacobra: C/n (msn): Not known: Operator Titles: USA - Air Force: City / Airport: Wagga Wagga - Forest Hill (YSWG / WGA) Map: Region / Country: New South Wales, Australia: Photo Date: 1 January 1942 to 19 June 1943: Photo from: David Carter Collection
Jul 9, 2008 · Follow @DrJohnRickard. Tweet. The Bell P-400/ Airacobra I was the export version of the P-39 Airacobra, originally developed in response to a French order of 30 March 1940 for 170 aircraft. Unfortunately delivery of these aircraft was not due to start until October 1940, after the fall of France.
A single-engine all-metal monoplane fighter with a closed cockpit and retractable tricycle landing gear with a nose leg. The aircraft had an unusual layout, with the engine placed behind the cockpit. The aircraft was designed by the Bell Aircraft design office under the direction of R. Woods and H. Poyer.
