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P-39 Airacobra Top Documentary Films, DVD and Videos and Movies. WW2 Fighter Aircraft
P-39 Airacobra section.
of the World War 2 Fighter Model Department.
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P-39 Airacobra Specifications. The Bell Aircraft P-39 Airacobra has a wingspan of 34 Feet a wing area of 213 Sq. Feet, it is 30 Feet 2 Inches long,12 Feet 5 Inches high, has an empty weight of 5,645 Pounds, a gross weight of 8,300 Pounds. The P-39 uses a Allison V-1710-85 engine which is Liquid Cooled V-12 with 1,325 HP The airplanes top speed is 360 MPH At 15,000 Feet MSL and has a service ceiling of 35,000 Feet MSL. There was one huge problem with the P-39 Airacobra, and that was that there was a door to get into the canopy. When the plane was in flight, the air pressure on the door was so great that a pilot could not open the door to jump out if he need to. A huge design error. Also, the Airacobra had a mid engine and it didn't handle properly, as reported by many pilots. There are many versions of this plane, these specs cover only one version.
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P-39 Airacobra and P-400 Airacobra Historical Study Notes |
| The Bell P-39 Airacobra is shown in profile over a combat strip of
the period. "Short Stroke" operated from Fighter 2, an airstrip west
of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal during 1942 and 1943. It was flown by
the pilots of the 347th Fighter Group, 13th Air Force.
The most successful use of the P-39 in World War II was in the hands of the Soviet Air Force, which nicknamed the Airacobra "Kobrushka" (dear little cobra). flown in the 1946 Thompson Trophy race, and Old Crow, the first of World War II ace "Bud" Anderson's aircraft to bear that name. intended for service in North Africa, the P-39 "Devastating Devil" - wearing a sand-colored camouflage scheme - instead joined the 46th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, at its home base on Makin Island in the Pacific Theater in 1943. lend-lease P-39N flown by 9th Guards Fighter Division commanding officer Aleksandr Pokryshkin - three-time Hero of the Soviet Union recipient who recorded 48 of his 59 victories flying an "Iron Dog," as the Soviets called the Airacobra - in 1944 Airacobra Mk.I - the P-39 variant modified for export to Britain - flown by 601 "County of London" Squadron, Royal Air Force, in 1941, "Devastating Devil" - a P-39Q intended for service in North Africa that instead joined the 46th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, at its home base on Makin Island in the Pacific Theater in 1943 Saga Boy II, the P-39Q flown by 357th Fighter Group Commander Lt. Col. Edwin S. Chickering while training in California in 1943 P-400 Airacobra that flew with the Cactus Air Force at Guadalcanal in 1942 one of the three P-400s - a modified export version of the P-39 originally intended for British service - flown by the 347th Fighter Group in the defense of Guadalcanal's Henderson Field on September 14, 1942, |
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