Bell P-39Q Airacobra by Doug Griffith

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15-MAY-2010

Bell P-39Q Airacobra

National Museum of the United States Air Force
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, Ohio

Depicting the aircraft as it might well have been as it served in the Aleutian Islands....Brrrr!!!

Nikon D90 ,Nikkor AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

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44lefty		20-Aug-2015 17:54
Nobody wanted to fly this; the engine was behind the pilot and the prop shaft ran through the cockpit, between the pilot's legs. It was also difficult to get out, if you needed to bail; the doors were standard automobile doors, and just barely large enough for the pilot to squeeze through with his chute....

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