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Lend-Lease P-39Q

Axis & Allies War at Sea - Lend-Lease P-39Q
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General TypeAircraft
Unit TypeFighter
Cost7
SetAll Hands On Deck
ManufacturerForumini
Available1943
Set ID41
Game Class LimitsBell
CountrySoviet Union (Details)
PrototypeAircraft, Propeller, Bell P-39 Airacobra (Details)
Armor6
Vital9
Hull Points1
Speed10
Primary3/0/0/0
AA8/0/-/-
Special AbilityLand Fighter
Special AbilityAce
Game RarityX
Axis & Allies War at Sea - Lend-Lease P-39Q
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Aircraft History:
The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II. The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict. Other major users of the type included the Free French, the Royal Air Force, the United States Army Air Forces, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force.

Designed by Bell Aircraft, it had an innovative layout, with the engine installed in the center fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller with a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage. Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the P-39 design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, preventing it from performing high-altitude work. For this reason it was rejected by the RAF for use over western Europe but adopted by the USSR, where most air combat took place at medium and lower altitudes.
Manufacturer:
The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer of the United States, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters. Bell also developed the Reaction Control System for the Mercury Spacecraft, North American X-15, and Bell Rocket Belt. The company was purchased in 1960 by Textron, and lives on today as Bell Helicopter.
Country:
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.
Item created by: gdm on 2015-08-24 06:31:26. Last edited by gdm on 2020-01-16 09:02:20

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