Explore: Airacobra (fighter Plane)

The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American

British, and later U.S., fighter aircraft were supplied to aid the Soviet war effort as part of Lend-Lease, with the Bell P-39 Airacobra proving particularly

layout on some contemporary monoplane fighters, such as the French Dewoitine D.520, or the American Bell P-39 Airacobra, and dated back to World War I's small

Kingcobra is an American fighter aircraft that was developed by Bell Aircraft during World War II. Based on the preceding Bell P-39 Airacobra, the P-63's design

deployment to combat theaters. However, the squadron operated Bell P-39 Airacobras and other aircraft, and never became operational with P-38s. The squadron

On 1 March 1943, the squadron mission changed to operating a Bell P-39 Airacobra Replacement Training Unit (RTU). Replacement Training Units were also

to out-dive enemy fighter planes, German pilots gradually learned to avoid diving away. Kurt Bühligen, a high-scoring German fighter ace with 112 victories

aces on the P-40, though not as many as on the P-39 Airacobra, the most numerous Lend-Lease fighter used by the Soviet Union. However, Soviet commanders

(German for "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel ("Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed

Operational Training Unit (OTU), equipping with A-24 Banshees and Bell P-39 Airacobras. The OTU program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide