The P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra were manufactured by the Bell Aircraft Corporation on April 6, 1938, and December 7, 1942, respectively. The P-39 was innovative in multiple ways: First, it had ...

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 ...

The Bell P39 Airacobra and its successor, the P63 Kingcobra, were often dismissed by the United States and Britain as underpowered, limited, and ill suited for high altitude combat. But what Western ...

While the West discarded it, the Soviet Union turned the P-39 into a legend. With brutal cannon fire, new tactics, and elite regiments, pilots like Pokryshkin rewrote air combat history. The Cobra ...

★ Bell P-39 Aerocobra ★ P-39s did their best work on the Eastern front, where Soviet pilots did battle with the Luftwaffe at medium altitude. A decision not to equip the Allison engine in the P-39 ...