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...items in Syd Beck's military and aviation collection, his favorite is a P-39 Airacobra. Back in April 1942, Beck says, it landed in New Guinea with four other brand-new P-39s, all emblazoned with the U.S. Army Air Force insignia, a blue circle containing a white star with a red dot at the center. The Australians on the ground were aghast: Japanese aircraft were marked with a red dot. An Australian officer immediately ordered all of the dots painted over. (Soon after, the red dot was removed from standard U.S. markings...
Allison went from "V" to "W" for more power. Its new engine has four banks of six cylinders each, is twice as big as the "V" engine which powers the P-38 Lightning, some P-51 Mustangs, the P39 Airacobra and some P-40 Warhawks...
...already at work on French and English orders, a mechanically apt youth, a small backlog of trained personnel. And in spite of everything, nine types of combat plane were already in production: the Flying Fortress (B-17), Liberator (B-24), Mitchell (B-25), Marauder (B-26), Lightning (P-38), Airacobra (P-39), Warhawk (P-40), Thunderbolt (P-47) and Mustang...
...Airacobra (Bell P-39). Never a favorite with U.S. flyers the P-3Q is the darling of the Russian air force which uses it impartially for ground-strafing and for low-altitude righting of Germany's best pursuits. Production is now being cut back and the Airacobra (except for Russian needs) will be succeeded by a new Bell fighter...
...enclosed booklet consisted of a handsome cover picturing four Allison-powered planes (Lightning, Airacobra, Tomahawk, Mustang), a noncommittal introduction and conclusion, and 40 blank pages...