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P-39 Airacobra during a test flight with all weapons firing, 1941 | P-39C-BE Airacobra fighter of 40th Pursuit Squadron of USAAF 31st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, Harrison, Michigan, United States, 1941 |
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P-39 Airacobra fighter of the 32nd Pursuit Squadron at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico while in transit to the European Theater, 1942. | P-39 Airacobra fighter with its pilot, date unknown; note the unique 'car-door' style entrance into cockpit |
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P-39F-1-BE Airacobra in flight, 1942 | B-17E bomber 'Yankee Diddler' of 43rd Bomber Group, US 65th Bomber Squadron taking off from Jackson Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942-1943; note P-39 fighters in background |
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P-39 Airacobra fighter in flight, 1943. | Ground crew starting 357th Fighter Group commander Col. Edward S. Chickering's P-39Q the hard way - with the hand crank to get the inertia starter going. Hamilton Field, California, United States, July 1943 |
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Aircobra aircraft resting on a runway, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943 | Mechanics working on the engine of P-39D Airacobra âShrimpâ at the maintenance complex at Townsville, Australia, late 1943. |
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Bell P-39 Airacobra on the Haleiwa Fighter Strip, Oahu, Hawaii, 1943-45. Note temporary nature of the tower construction. | P-39L-1-BE Airacobra aircraft being prepared to be flown to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Program, possibly Nome, Alaska, 1943-1944 |
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P-39Q-30-BE Airacobra and P-63A-8-BE Kingcobra aircraft being built at the Bell Aircraft Corporation factory at Wheatfield, New York, United States, circa 1944 | P-39Q Airacobra âTarawa Boom Deayâ at the Haleiwa Airstrip, Oahu, Hawaii, 1944 |
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Soviet pilots Andrea Hincerockur and Corzen Venzopkin flank United States Army Lieutenant Thompson Highfill of the 99th Bomb Group in front of a Soviet P-39 Airacobra, Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, 21 Jun 1944. | Pokryshkin with pilots of the 16th Guards Fighter Regiment, circa Aug 1944; left to right: Goregljad, Klubov, Bierezkin, Pokryshkin, Trofimov, Pyzikov; note P-39 Airacobra in background |
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US Army assault landing training at Bellows Field (Waimanalo Beach), Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945; note P-39 Airacobra aircraft, CCKW trucks, and Wailea Point in background | WASP pilot Vivian Eddy in the door of a P-39 Airacobra, 1945. Location unknown. |
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P-39 Airacobra aircraft with maintenance panels open, revealing the engine and other internal workings, date unknown | |