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P39 Airacobra In Defense of Americas Worst Fighter
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Although successfully used in the Soviet Union and in the Mediterranean, the P-39's Airacobra reputation in the Southeast Pacific was poor. To explain this, we need to look at the context of its use in the area. • Get our Book - • Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ • Support - • Patreon: / milavhistory • Channel Memberships: / @militaryaviationhistory • PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/BismarckYT • Justin Pyke - • Follow Justin on Twitter: / cbi_pto_history • Photography - • Courtesy of Errol Cavit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc... • Social Media - • Twitter: / milavhistory • Instagram: / milaviationhistory • Facebook: / militaryaviationhistory • Sources - • (Amazon Links are Affiliate) • Eric M. Bergerud, Fire in the Sky, Basic Books: 2001, https://amzn.to/3uAtHuo • Francis Dean, America's Hundred-Thousand: U.S. Production Fighters of World War Two, Schiffer Publishing: 1997, https://amzn.to/3wNlYuX • Rene J. Francillon, Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War , Putnam 2nd Ed.: 1979, https://amzn.to/3wxZptQ • T.O. No. 01-110FE-1, Pilot‘s Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model P-39D-1 and -2, Rev. June 1943, • T.O. No. 01-125CF-1, Pilot‘s Flight Operating Instructions for P-40D and P-40E Airplanes, Rev. October 1943, • Michael J. Claringbould, P-39/P-400 vs A6M2/3, Osprey: 2018, https://amzn.to/3dEESuU • Michael J. Claringbould Peter Ingman, South Pacific Air War Vol.3, Avonmore Books: 2019, https://amzn.to/2PPKxX8 • Some pictures from: acepilots.com • Timecodes - • 00:00 - Trying to get your attention • 00:13 - Intro • 01:08 - Restored P-39 • 01:42 - P-39 Design • 05:26 - P-39: Range and Climb • 09:04 - Comparison • 10:21 - Context of theatre pilots • 15:19 - Combat losses Reputation • 17:37 - Ground support • 18:20 - Reading recommendation • 19:35 - P-39 in Soviet Union (briefly) • 21:02 - Outro
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