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...
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The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is an American fighter aircraft that was developed by Bell Aircraft during World War II. Based on the preceding Bell P-39 Airacobra...
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The Bell L-39 was an experimental aircraft used to test the characteristics of swept wings. After the end of World War II, the United States military...
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before being scrapped in 1942. Bell enjoyed much success the following year with the development of the single engine P-39 Airacobra, which 9,588 were built...
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model was to be called the Bell P-76. The Bell P-76 was proposed to address the poor high-altitude performance of the P-39 Airacobra by incorporating...
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cal (12.7 mm) machine gun or 37 mm cannon Related development Bell P-39 Airacobra Bell P-63 Kingcobra Note: Navy engines were distinguished by the use...
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"Colt M4" or "Oldsmobile M4." It was primarily mounted in the Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra, with the U.S. Navy also utilizing it on many PT...
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of being the only American fighter pilot to become a flying ace in the Bell P-39 Airacobra. Fiedler was born on June 5, 1920, in Indianapolis, Indiana...
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development Curtiss P-36 Hawk Curtiss P-37 Curtiss XP-42 Curtiss XP-46 Curtiss P-60 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell P-39 Airacobra Dewoitine...
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The Bell P-59 Airacomet is a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft that was designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II. It was the...
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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...
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Jerram, Michael F. P-51 Mustang. Yeovil, UK: Winchmore Publishing Services Ltd., 1984, ISBN 0-85429-423-6. Johnsen, Frederick A. Bell P-39/P-63 Airacobra &...
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Brandon P. Bell (born January 13, 1985) is an American actor, who is best known for his roles on the television series Hollywood Heights and Dear White...
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aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra. During the war Pokryshkin earned the title Hero of the Soviet...
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The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was...
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Allison V-1710 (redirect from Allison V-1710-39)
Lockheed P-38, Bell P-39 and Curtiss P-40. When war material procurement agents from the United Kingdom asked North American Aviation to build the P-40 under...
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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 run of SPAD S.XII moteur-canon...
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Tuskegee Airmen (category North American P-51 Mustang)
were equipped for initial combat missions with Bell P-39 Airacobras (March 1944), later with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts (June–July 1944) and finally with...
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during the Second World War. Bell P-39 Airacobra (5,007 supplied from the United States, 4,719 reached Soviet Union) Bell P-63 Kingcobra (2,421 supplied...
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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...
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P39 (redirect from P-39 (disambiguation))
P39 or P-39 may refer to: Bell P-39 Airacobra, an American fighter aircraft HMS P39, a submarine of the Royal Navy P39 road (Ukraine) Papyrus 39, a biblical...
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Squadrons at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama. Trained with Bell P-39 Airacobra and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft for an extended period of time as the...
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undercarriage from the Vought F4U Corsair in a general layout much as in the Bell P-39 Airacobra with the engine located amidships with the contra-rotating propellers...
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Alvin M. Johnston (section Bell Aircraft)
December 1942, Bell Aircraft chief test pilot Robert Stanley offered Johnston a position as a production test pilot. Johnston flew the Bell P-39 Airacobra...
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Sanseverino Ambrosini SAI.2S AVIA FL.3 Breda Ba.25 Breda Ba.39 Bell P-39Q Airacobra Bell P-39N Airacobra CANT Z.501 Gabbiano CANT Z.506B Airone CANT Z...
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Westland Welkin Westland Wyvern M1 Bell P-39 Airacobra - some early 20 mm-armed models and RAF Bell Airacobra I Lockheed P-38 Lightning - some early 20 mm-armed...
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ferry torpedoed during World War II Caribou, the export version of the Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft HMCS Caribou (S12), a Royal Canadian Navy armed...
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and jet engines, including early Bell helicopters, an example of the World War II Bell P-39 Airacobra, and the Bell X-22 tilt-ducted-fan VSTOL aircraft...
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disbanded on 31 March 1944. During World War II the squadron served as a Bell P-39 Airacobra replacement training unit. The squadron was first activated...
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disbanded on 31 March 1944. During World War II the squadron served as a Bell P-39 Airacobra replacement training unit. The squadron was first activated...
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