Название: Detail and Scale 63 - P-39 Airacobra In Detail
Автор: Bert Kinzey
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc
ISBN: 1888974168
Год: 1999
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 80
Размер: 25,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although it was one of the most brilliantly designed and engineered fighters of World War II, the P-39 Airacobra became one of the most controversial and disappointing American aircraft of that era. It was con­ceived as a fast interceptor designed around a hard hit­ting 37-mm cannon that fired explosive shells to insure the destruction of any enemy aircraft.