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Part III here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2022/07/06/bell-p-39-airacobra-color-photographs-part-iii/
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I will look into this…
Only No. 601 Squadron flew the Airacobra in Royal Air Force service, and they only flew one operational mission before the type was regulated to training and other secondary duties.
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I thought it was interesting that AH621 was actually an RCAF aircraft, something for the Canadian modelers!
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Canada’s contribution to the war effort is not that well known. I knew so very little about it in 2010. This is when I started my first blog honoring RCAF 425 Squadron then many more blogs. Sharing my research online then got me to my forgotten hobby in 2013. As they say, the rest is history…
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Canadian aircraft production was always overshadowed by the US, but it was a stunning achievement considering there were only a couple dozen aircraft produced in Canada each year before the war. They basically built the entire aircraft industry from scratch!
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I concur.
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Not to mention their pilot training program for the Commonwealth. I’m in the middle of reading “Bomber Boys” right now.
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It’s surprising to see how many Americans went to Canada to enlist, trained there, served with the RAF, and then went on to become top scorers. Must have been a great training program!
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You might like my blog about it…
https://bcatp.wordpress.com/
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https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/p-39-2/p-39-601-raf/
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https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/p-39-2/
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Thanks Jeff, I’ve got a P-400build planned. 🙂
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It’s a beautiful design with a lot of interesting schemes. The different opinions on the type are what gets me – the VVS thought it was the best Lend-Lease aircraft they had, the RAF didn’t really use them, the USAAF used them but didn’t want to.
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If only they’d kept the supercharger in them.
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I guess I never realised that we asked for nearly 700 of them.Nice pics and captions Jeff! As one German ace reportedly said; ” das war ja kein Jäger..”
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Thanks Neil!
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