Bell P-39 Airacobra 'Brooklyn Bum'

The Bell P-39 always appealed to me as a really neat looking piece of fine flying machinery, but it had a poor record with our flyers, mainly due to it's lack of a turbo supercharger. It could not perform at high altitude when mixing it up with German fighters. The Russians, on the other hand, used it to great success on the Eastern Front, where the fighting took place at lower altitudes. Anyway, I think you will enjoy the photos.