P-39 Q AIRCACOBRA Metal Set The Hornet was then sent

The Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to reinforce U

mounting the 2A18 howitzer

Washington put to sea bound for a rendezvous with TF 17

launched 13 June 1940 and commissioned at New York 9 April 1941

P-39 Q AIRCACOBRA Metal Set The Hornet was then sentThe Bell P 39 Airacobra was one of the principal fighter aircraft in service with American forces at the start of World War II. It was build by the Bell Aircraft Corporation Maiden flight April 1939. The aircraft's unusual design featured its Allison engine mounted in the middle of the fuselage, just behind the pilot, driving the propeller through a driveshaft passing between the pilot's feet. a 37 mm T9 cannon firing through the center of the