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Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra Fighters : Soviet Service During World War II by Sergey Komissarov, Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov (2019, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited

ISBN-100764356801

ISBN-139780764356803

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038442488

Product Key Features

Book TitleBell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra Fighters : Soviet Service During World War II

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, World

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorSergey Komissarov, Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy Komissarov

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight60.9 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-959799

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23/eng/20240610

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal940.54/4947

SynopsisUnder the Lend-Lease agreement with the US during WWII, the Soviet Union received large quantities of war materiel, including many aircraft; the Bell P-39 Airacobra takes a special place among them. The P-39 was dismissed as hardly suitable for combat both by the US and England, who turned it over in large numbers to the USSR. Soviet pilots had different views, though, and achieved excellent results while flying the type; more than twenty Soviet aces flew the P-39. As air combat over the Russian front was conducted mostly at low altitudes, the P-39 came into its own. Innovative tactics and motivation, coupled with the P-39's sturdy construction and adequate firepower, proved successful for the Soviets. The P-39 was in Soviet service since 1942; nearly 5,000 were supplied and used on the Soviet-German front, along with 2,400 P-63 Kingcobras, which saw only limited action against Japan at the close of the war. This detailed, illustrated history features many color side views and previously unpublished photographs.

LC Classification NumberD792.S65G67 2019