Designed as an interceptor, when the Bell P-39 Airacobra appeared in 1941 it was acclaimed as one of the most advanced combat aircraft of the time. Elegantly designed and innovatively engineered (it featured the engine mid-aircraft like a racing car) it was widely deployed and was especially successful in the Soviet air force. - This is a full technical history of this important but neglected fighter aircraft of World War II. - Presents scale plans of all versions for 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72 scale aviation modellers. - Many detailed colour photographs of surviving aircraft in museums and private collections. - 50 full colour plates illustrate the aircraft in the liveries and camouflages of many different air forces, including USAAF, RAF, USSR, French and Italian.
- ISBN10 8361421289
- ISBN13 9788361421283
- Publish Date 7 July 2011 (first published 8 May 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 October 2016
- Publish Country PL
- Imprint Mushroom Model Publications
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English