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    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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    P-39 Airacobra, the P-63's design incorporated suggestions from P-39 pilots and was superior to its predecessor in virtually all respects. The P-63 was...
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    Army Air Corps’ land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tailwheel undercarriage in place of the P-39's tricycle gear. Only one prototype...
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    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, and...
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    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 a new...
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    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 Union...
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  • 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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    cost twice as much as a surplus P-39 Airacobra, therefore two P-39Q-10-BEs were purchased for their propellers. L-39-2 was fitted with the fuselage extension...
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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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    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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