Bell XFM-1 Airacuda

[johnbr]

Bell XFM-1 Airacuda 36-351 prototype, first flight September 1, 1937. Note external turbosupercharger and fuselage gun blisters, as well as curved cockpit glazing, not included on YFM-1s. View attachment 546171View attachment 546172View attachment 546171View attachment 546172

 

[johnbr]

Bell Airacuda, possibly YFM-1B 38-489 or 490, one of two YFM-1s converted, re-engined with 1,090 hp V-1710-41 engines, both WFU January 1942.

 

[fubar57]

You could hold a barn dance in that cockpit