By George Mellinger, John Stanaway
The 1st American fighter outfitted with a tricyle undercarriage and mid-mounted engine, the P-39 proved under winning within the fingers of its release client, the USA military Air strength (AAF). Hampered by way of unreliabilty and terrible engine functionality at excessive altitude, the P-39 however served along the P-40 and P-38 within the sour fight to seize Guadalcanal in 1942/43, in addition to seeing a lot motion over the jungles of latest Guinea. round a dozen AAF aces scored 5 kills with the P-39, even supposing this overall was once some distance outstripped through the Soviet crimson Air strength, whose pilots rated the Airacobra as the best lend-lease combatants of the struggle.
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