The Bell YFM-1 Airacuda was an American heavy fighter aircraft, developed by the Bell Aircraft Corporation for the United States Army Air Corps during...

airplane factory in the world. Bell's first military contract followed in 1937 with the development of the ill-fated YFM-1 Airacuda, an unconventional bomber-destroyer...

it failed to win a contract for construction of a prototype, the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda being preferred. Given the Lockheed designation Model 11, the XFM-2...

trainer Bell YFM-1 Airacuda - Interceptor Bell P-39 Airacobra - Fighter Bell P-59 Airacomet - Jet fighter Bell P-63 Kingcobra - Fighter Bell XP-77 - Prototype...

destroyers, like the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda prototype, to counter a potential attack of high-performance bombers. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning and Bell P-39 Airacobra...

presented to that date. Although Bell's limited fighter design work had previously resulted in the unusual Bell YFM-1 Airacuda, the Model 12 proposal adopted...

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bristol Blenheim Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Kawasaki Ki-48 Sokei Martin Maryland PZL.37 Łoś Ilyushin DB-3 Related...

ISBN 978-0-7538-2398-9. Winchester, Jim. "Bell YFM-1 Airacuda". The World's Worst Aircraft. London: Amber Books, 2005. ISBN 1-904687-34-2. Wikimedia Commons has...

National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved 2024-01-27. "Bell YFM-1 Airacuda | The Flying Gun Battery That Tried To Kill Its Crew – UAS VISION"...

advanced trainer Bell YFM-1 Airacuda interceptor Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter Bell P-59 Airacomet jet fighter Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter Bell XP-77 prototype...

533 Bell FCX-001 Bell A-7 Airacobra Bell XF-109 Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Bell AH-1 Cobra Bell AH-1 SuperCobra Bell AH-1Z Viper Bell UH-1 Iroquois Bell UH-1Y...

aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. List of bomber aircraft List of attack...

Ground Command, based at Eglin Field, Florida, where it was disbanded on 1 April 1944. The unit's personnel/equipment/mission was taken over by the 610th...

FM1, FM 1 or FM-1 may refer to: Bell YFM-1 Airacuda, an American heavy fighter aircraft Farm to Market Road 1, a state-maintained highway in Texas FM1...

(1970). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00033-1. Francillon, Rene J. (1970). Royal Australian Air Force & Royal New Zealand...

built Bell YFM-1 Airacuda 1937 interceptor, 13 built Boeing GA-1 1920 bomber 10 built Convair B-36 Peacemaker 1946 bomber, 384 built Curtiss H-1 America...

GA-1 1920 bomber 10 built Udet U 11 Kondor 1926 airliner, 1 built 1930 and later Praga E-210 and E-211 1936 transport, 2 built Bell YFM-1 Airacuda 1937...

prototype of the Sukhoi BB-1, redesignated the Sukhoi Su-2 in 1942 August 28 – Junkers Ju 90 September 1 – Bell YFM-1 Airacuda September 2 – Grumman XF4F-2...

Rechlin, Germany. Circa 30 November On second test flight of first Bell YFM-1 Airacuda, 38-486, disaster narrowly avoided when supercharger turbine buckets...

succumbed to burn injuries the next day. 21 June Seventh (of 13 ordered) Bell YFM-1 Airacuda, 38–492, crash lands in farmer's field at East Aurora, New York,...

Raiders are: Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fairchild 24W-9, c/n W-101, NC18688, c/n 2689, NC15346 Fairchild Super 71 c/n 646, NC9174 Kellett KD-1 Monocoupe 90 c/n...

Roc February 24 – Grumman F4F Wildcat with the United States Navy Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fairey Albacore with No. 826 Squadron FAA Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache...

enter mass production September 26 – Levasseur PL.108 September 28 – Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Saro A.37 Shrimp October 2 – Ilyushin TsKB-55 October 23 – Mitsubishi...

Squadron on 1 August 1939 Redesignated 24th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 28 September 1939 Activated on 1 December 1939 Disbanded on 1 May 1942 Reconstituted...

fighter philosophy. During the late 1930s, Bell Aircraft of the United States designed the YFM-1 Airacuda "bomber destroyer". The design was heavily armed...