Decals

Bell P-39 Airacobra Decals

Brand PRINT SCALE

SKU PS-72485

Features

Nation: United States of America

Period: WWII

Scale: 1/72

Type: Aircraft

Price 21,00 €

Description

1/72 Bell P-39 Airacobra

1. Airacobra P-400 BW 146 Whistlin' Britches of Lt Zed Fountain, 67th FS, Tontouta, New Caledonia, May 1942.

2. Airacobra P-400 "K," of 80th FS, 8th FG, 5th AF, 12 Mile Aerodrome, New Guinea, 1942. Rudder in RAF camouflage is from different aircraft.

3. Airacobra P-400 (serial BW 155) "24" of 67th FS, 347th FG, 13th AF, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, October 1942. Personal aircraft of Lt. Baclay Dillon. Aircraft in RAF camouflage.

4. Airacobra P-400 "F" of 80th FS, 8th FG, 5th AF, Milne Bay, end of 1942.

5. Airacobra P-400,(serial BW 156) "Fancy Nancy" of 67th FS, Guadalcanal, 1942.

6. Airacobra P-400 "W" of 80th FS, 8th FG, 5th AF, 12 Mile Aerodrome, New Guinea, 1942.

7. Airacobra P-400 (serial BW 134) "M" of 80th FS, 8th FG, 5th AF. Mine bay, summer 1942. Note that the rudder is from a different aircraft.

8. Airacobra P-39C (58) of 40th PS, 31st PG during exercises in the end of 1941. White crosses were painted with removable paint.

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter aircraft produced by the Bell Aircraft Corporation in the United States during World War II. It was one of the first USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) fighters to be designed around the turbocharged engine, which allowed for optimum performance at high altitudes.

The P-39 Airacobra was characterized by some unusual features for a fighter of the time. Its configuration was different from most other fighters in that it had an Allison V-1710 engine mounted in the center of the aircraft, behind the pilot, and a propeller pushing through the tail axle. This configuration allowed the nose to be unencumbered and to accommodate a 37-mm cannon, firing through the propeller hub. This 37 mm M4 cannon was one of its main strengths, but some versions of the P-39 also had additional machine guns and rockets.

The P-39 Airacobra was used in several air forces during World War II, including the USAAF and some allied countries such as the Soviet Union and Free France. However, it had limited success as a high-altitude day fighter because of its not very high speed and inferior maneuverability compared to some opposing fighters, such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

However, the P-39 found a more suitable role in the Pacific theater of operations as a low- and medium-altitude tactical fighter. It was successfully employed in close air support and ground attack roles, proving most effective in such missions. In theaters where maneuverability and speed were not determining factors, the Airacobra was able to perform well.

Overall, the P-39 Airacobra was an aircraft with a fluctuating evolution during the conflict, and its employment and success depended on the specific requirements of the various wartime operations.

BELL P-39Q AIRACOBRA

SKU MUSH-SIN01

Brand MMPBOOKS

Nation: United States of America

Period: WWII

Type: Aircraft

Category Books

BELL P-39Q AIRACOBRAAuthors Artur Juszczak, Dariusz KarnasFormat A4, 24 pages (6 in colour) This book is compilations of the 4-view colour profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also photos of the details in B&W and colour.

12,00 €

Bell P-39/ P-400 Airacobra

SKU DK-D72116

Brand DK DECALS

Nation: Africa

Period: WWII

Scale: 1/72

Type: Aircraft

Category Decals

1/72 Bell P-39/ P-400 Airacobra over Africa and ItalyThe Bell P-39 Airacobra was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft developed by the U.S. Bell Aircraft Corporation in the second half of the 1930s. It was the first fighter aircraft in the world to have tricycle undercarriage and the first to have the engine installed in the center of the fuselage, behind the pilot's back.Produced in just over 9,500 examples, it is remembered, however, for being one of the most controversial combat aircraft employed by the U.S. during World War II. Conditioned by the inadequate performance of its thruster at high altitudes, in the European and Pacific theaters it found itself outclassed in the interceptor role and was gradually relegated to secondary duties.Rejected by the British RAF after only one combat mission, it was, on the contrary, particularly appreciated in the ranks of the Voenno-vozdušnye sily, the air force of the Soviet Union, which received almost half of the production, thanks to the "Rent and Loan Law," and employed it, mainly at low altitudes, both in ground attack actions and as a pure fighter and interceptor of enemy bombers and fighter-bombers. And it was precisely a Soviet Airacobra that was the last plane shot down by the Luftwaffe and achieved the last air victory of World War II in Europe.In the course of the conflict, some examples were assigned to the air forces of other Allied countries (Australia and France) and to the Kingdom of Italy, as a co-belligerent country after the events of September 8, 1943.

Out of stock

BELL P-39L/N AIRACOBRA

SKU PW-M72105

Brand PEEWIT

Scale: 1/72

Type: Aircraft

Category Mask

1/72 Bell P-39L/N Airacobra ( RS models ) [P-39Q-25 P-39Q Mk.I]

7,35 €