eBay: Bell P-39 Airacobra

[Greg Boeser]

P-39 airplane rigged for towing on skids in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943. | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

P-39Q-20-BE

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Alaska, maybe, but not the Aleutians. Those are trees in the background.
Lend-Lease vis Alaska - Siberia Route.

 

[Snautzer01]

Found this on my hd NACA files

 

[johnbr]

Bell TP-39 2 place training aircraft. Facebook

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

watch this space wrong entry.

 

[fubar57]

 

[johnbr]

Facebook art

 

[Snautzer01]

watch this space wrong entry.

fubar57

Found one. You can stop watching that space now thank you.

Photo: WWII AAF P-39 Fighter in Flight Southwest Pacific, 1944, 82nd TRS | eBay

 

[buffnut453]

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Hmmm...Guadalcanal P-400 as a time machine fighting an A6M wearing 1944-vintage camouflage. Next thing we'll have USS Enterprise flying F-14 against Zeros.

 

[P-39 Expert]

Hmmm...Guadalcanal P-400 as a time machine fighting an A6M wearing 1944-vintage camouflage. Next thing we'll have USS Enterprise flying F-14 against Zeros.

That's no P-400, has the exit louvre above the "eye" that was P-39L at the earliest and the 37mm cannon.

 

[buffnut453]

That's no P-400, has the exit louvre above the "eye" that was P-39L at the earliest and the 37mm cannon.

Then the camouflage scheme is ENTIRELY incorrect.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[P-39 Expert]

Then the camouflage scheme is ENTIRELY incorrect.

Actually I believe the brown/green upper surface is from a P-400. A P-39 would have a solid olive drab upper surface. But then the under wing surface says U.S. ARMY, correct for a P-39. Nice painting though.

 

[Snautzer01]

P-39 Airacobra of 601 Squadron at Duxford. 601 Squadron was the only English ever armed fighter P-39 between August 1941 and March 1942.

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BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE 1941 PRESS PHOTO WW2 | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE 1941 PRESS PHOTO WW2 | eBay

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BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA LINE UP RAF NO.601 SQUADRON ORIGINAL VINTAGE PRESS PHOTO | eBay

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[Snautzer01]

BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE LARGE VINTAGE PHOTO | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[P-39 Expert]

BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE PRESS PHOTO WW2 | eBay

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What's the black dot on the gun bay access door?

 

[buffnut453]

Actually I believe the brown/green upper surface is from a P-400. A P-39 would have a solid olive drab upper surface. But then the under wing surface says U.S. ARMY, correct for a P-39. Nice painting though.

Brown/green is correct for a P-400 and, yes, a P-39 would have OD upper with NG undersides. However, you're incorrect about the U.S. ARMY script under the wings. That was applied to both P-400s and P-39s. Here's a great colour pic of the former with the text visible (note the RAF serial number on the rear fuselage):

 

[Greg Boeser]

Wow. That's an early pic. By April 1942 the USAAF was painting out the red center of the national insignia in the Pacific.