The P-39 Airacobra found its real purpose in Soviet hands, where pilots used it at the low altitudes and in the hard, aggressive style of combat that suited it best. Far from being a castoff, it ...

The Bell P-39 Airacobra began life as an unconventional American fighter built around a huge cannon, a rear-mounted engine, ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The anecdote shows that fighter planes must be relevant to the purpose they are employed for. In the case of the P-39, a plane that didn’t work for the United States ...

Do you want to know why people don't build mid-engined airplanes anymore? It's because it took until after the Second World War for folks to realize mid-engined vehicles don't make practical sense ...

Last spring many an American Airlines pilot, stopping for passengers at Buffalo, N. Y., sunburned the roof of his mouth watching the test flights of a new pursuit ship that the U. S. Army Air Corps ...

The P-39 Airacobra may be the least loved American fighter plane of World War II, deemed inadequate by military planners at the outset of hostilities and written off as nearly useless by many ...

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The P-39 Airacobra "flies" again -- in the new Buffalo & Erie County Naval and Military Park building. The Buffalo-built aircraft won fame during World War II, with its cannon that fired through the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Colored offset lithograph of a Bell ...