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Bell P-39 Airacobra
« on: January 17, 2011, 01:47:10 PM »
Greetings all,

with fresh start of the Airacobra model build, I will follow with this subject with the archive images of this machine. Start with the prototype.

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 03:20:51 PM »
Continue with various samples, and variants...

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 03:23:54 PM »
In similar fashion as previous set of images...

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 03:28:56 PM »
Next set of various samples...

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 03:31:13 PM »
Last set of the various samples, next will be focused on specific versions :))

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2011, 07:01:03 PM »
Here you are N model

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2011, 02:18:55 PM »
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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2011, 07:31:44 PM »
Whoa, great photos!!! :-clap :-flo
Love them worn and overpainted, and generally speaking used a lot :-jump

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2011, 09:35:29 PM »
In this way P-400 is just for your taste ;)

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2020, 06:55:25 AM »
Little update with two photos, one captured with Polish markings and another one which shown interesting camouflaged pilot uniform.

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2020, 09:15:26 PM »
Pilot-ACE of the 16th guards fighter regiment of the 9th guards aviation division, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the guard squadron captain Grigory Rechkalov in the cockpit of his p-39Q-15-BE "Aerocobra" RGA (number 44-2547). The end of 1944.

Grigory Andreevich Rechkalov (09.02.1918 or 1920-22.12.1990) on the fronts of the great Patriotic war from the first day. He fought on I-153, I-16, YAK-1 and p-39 "Aerocobra" fighters. In total, during the war, he completed 450 sorties, conducted 122 air battles in which, according to various sources, he shot down 56-61 enemy aircraft personally and 4-6 aircraft in a group.

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2020, 07:51:47 PM »
Superb ! Thank you for sharing !

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Re: Bell P-39 Airacobra
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2020, 08:11:48 PM »
You are welcome and hope in future will be more update on this subject ;)