Bell P39 Airacobra P63 Kingcobra Fighters Soviet HC
Bell P39 Airacobra & P63 Kingcobra Fighters in Soviet Service during World War II hardcover
Under the Lend-Lease agreement with the US, the Soviet Union received large quantities of
war material, including many aircraft; the Bell P-39 Airacobra takes a special place among
them. The P-39 was dismissed as hardly suitable for combat both by the US and England.
Soviet pilots had different views, though, and achieved excellent results while flying the
type; more than twenty Soviet aces flew the P-39. As air combat over the Russian front
was conducted mostly at low altitudes, the P-39 came into its own. Innovative tactics and
motivation, coupled with the P-39’s sturdy construction and adequate firepower, proved
successful for the Soviets. The P-39 was in Soviet service since 1942; nearly 5,000 were
supplied and used on the Soviet-German front, along with 2,400 P-63 Kingcobras, which
saw only limited action against Japan at the close of the war. This detailed, illustrated history
features many color side views and previously unpublished photographs.
- Complete history of the most successful Lend-Lease fighter in Soviet service during World War II
- Describes the P-39 and P-63 as used in the USSR, including details of Soviet aces who flew the Cobras
- The Allies dismissed the P-39 as a mediocre aircraft, but in the hands of the Soviet pilots it unexpectedly proved a success
Published July 2019, 240 pages, 460 black & white and colour photographs, illustrations & profiles, hardcover, 8 1/2" X 11"
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