eBay: Bell P-39 Airacobra (1 Viewer)

• May 15, 2019

• #141

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The Jungles of Canada

 

• May 25, 2019

• #142

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johnbr said:

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Amazing clarity, too bad they never did put in supercharges on the mass production models. What could have been ......

 

• May 25, 2019

• #143

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Oct 21, 2018

Snautzer01 said:

Mississippi Miss, pilot Dentlinger

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Looks like tha Army was getting its money worth on this plane, killer camo on the pilots uniform must be jungle issue NewGuinea but sand and cactus down under the nose in the background probaly North Africa

 

• May 25, 2019

• #144

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Snautzer01 said:

Captured by Germans, seems to have USA type and colour star.

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Used on Sicily, Italy and North Africa, also Southern France many weeks after June 6th during landings. The Tuskegee Airman had them for Coastal patrols and blewup a destroyer and small vessels and shipping. Also U Boat patrols never heard of any success there. They got P51 D's later on.

 

• May 25, 2019

• #145

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Here are some I got somewhere.

 

• May 26, 2019

• #146

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• May 26, 2019

• #147

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Csch605 said:

Amazing clarity, too bad they never did put in supercharges on the mass production models. What could have been ......

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Didn't really need the turbo, just needed to be about 500# lighter.

 

• May 26, 2019

• #148

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The turbo made it slower, not faster. That's the reason they took it out, not because "meddlesome Air Corps engineers chose to emphasize the P-39's low altitude performance" as at least one publication has printed. The V-1710's single stage supercharger was set up for top performance at 15,000 ft, just like the P-40 and Mustang Mk1.

Peak performance for the single stage supercharged V-1710 in the A-36 was set up for about 5,000 ft - and that was a real ground attack airplane.

 

• May 26, 2019

• #149

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P-39 Expert said:

Didn't really need the turbo, just needed to be about 500# lighter.

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and install rocket engine.

 

• May 26, 2019

• #150

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P-39/400...to me is a beautiful aircraft

 

• May 26, 2019

• #151

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Husky said:

P-39/400...to me is a beautiful aircraft

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The WWII Japanese agreed with you wholeheartedly.

 

• May 31, 2019

• #152

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Bell P-39 with a canopy.

 

• May 31, 2019

• #153

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• May 31, 2019

• #154

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johnbr said:

Bell P-39 with a canopy. View attachment 540001View attachment 540002

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May be a P-63 as evidenced by the carb air scoop. Great photos.

 

• Jun 5, 2019

• #155

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Good shots!

 

• Jun 5, 2019

• #156

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Maintenance shots. Look at all the places they found to stick tools and spare parts.

 

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• Jun 5, 2019

• #157

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Okay students, who knows where/what all this stuff is?

 

• Jun 6, 2019

• #158

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P-39 Expert said:

Okay students, who knows where/what all this stuff is?

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Not sure what but under and to the lower sides of the 37 mm. Behind the gun around the propeller shaft under the pilots seat. Russians put skis on the P39s and landed on frozen lakes bringing food stuffs and then secret documents and hi level mail out of places like Leningrad and partisan pockets behind German lines.
US New Zealand and Australia brought in medical supplies but I bet there were some bortles of scotch and whatnot in there

 

• Jun 6, 2019

• #159

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Those are still shots from a maintenance instruction video but I don't know where to see it. Retromechanix has it, apparently entitled, "Ten Day Supply for Maintenance parts and equipment in Combat Area" but I get a warning if I try to access that site, saying it is not secure.

It is not this one: But it does have the best bunch of shots of a flying P-39 that I have seen.

 

• Jun 6, 2019

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MIflyer said:

Maintenance shots. Look at all the places they found to stick tools and spare parts.View attachment 540612View attachment 540613View attachment 540614View attachment 540615View attachment 540616View attachment 540617View attachment 540618

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I believe this photo is of the warm air duct from the rudder wells in the cockpit to the 37mm cannon and the two nose .50 caliber guns. These kept the temperature in the gun bay warm to keep the guns from jamming due to freezing. (photo 540618)