Flying Shark - Bell Airacobra or better known as the P-39, done up in war paint, shown off the runway at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomons.
Bell P-39 "Airacobra" in flight over Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, Florida
P-39 in Front of Operations Building, Patterson Field
Pvt Charles Hasher, a member of the 2nd Raider Battalion, guards a Bell P-39 on the fighter strip at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Island, 12 December 1943
At an army air base in the South Pacific Area an Army Bell P-39 stands ready to take off on a strafing mission. The P-39'S heavy cannon and machine guns, together with a fragmentation bomb under the fuselage, make it an ideal plane for strafing enemy troops
Bell P-39 in parking area, with alert crew on duty
Side View Of A Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" At Burtonwood Airdrome, England. 16 March 1943.
P-39 in Front of Operations Building, Patterson Field
Pvt Charles Hasher, a member of the 2nd Raider Battalion, guards a Bell P-39 on the fighter strip at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Island, 12 December 1943