Warplanes of the USA: Bell P-63 Kingcobra

Bell P-63 Kingcobra

The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is an American fighter aircraft that was developed by Bell Aircraft during the Second World War. Based on the preceding Bell P-39 Airacobra, the P-63's design incorporated suggestions from P-39 pilots and was superior to its predecessor in virtually all respects. The P-63 was not accepted for combat use by the United States Army Air Forces. However, it was used during Second World War by the Soviet Air Force, which had also been the most prolific user of the P-39. (Wikipedia)

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Bell P-63A Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-68871).

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Bell P-63 Kingcobra on the flightline.

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Bell P-63A Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-70255), 33-131, “Edythe Louise”.  National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia.

Bell P-63A Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-68941), Commemorative Air Force (Dixie Wing), Peachtree City, Georgia.

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Bell P-63A Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-69080), "Fatal Fang", Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California.

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Bell P-63A Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-70609), Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Bell P-63C Kingcobra (Serial No. 43-11223), painted as P-63A-6 (Serial No. 42-69021), Legacy of Flight Museum, Rexburg, Idaho.

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Bell P-63E Kingcobra (Serial No. 43-11727), Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.

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Bell P-63E Kingcobra (Serial No. 43-11728), 1L76, painted to represent an RP-63A.  National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.

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Bell P-63E Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-68864), "Pretty Polly", Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California.

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Bell P-63F Kingcobra (Serial No. 43-11719), Commemorative Air Force, San Marcos, Texas.

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Bell QP-63GF Kingcobra (Serial No. 45-57295), Lackland AFB, Texas.

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Bell RP-63C Kingcobra (Serial No. 43-11117), painted as Soviet 29004, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida.

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Bell P-63 Kingcobra on display in Victory Park, Moscow, June 2004.

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Bell P-63 Kingcobra, painted as (Serial No. 269775), technically (Serial No. 42-69775), but it has also been reported as being 268875. Russian Air Force Museum. Monino, Russia.

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Bell P-63C-5 Kingcobra, Verkhnyaya Pyshma Tank Museum.

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P-63 Kingcobra fighters (Bell P-63A-10-BE) at Buffalo, New York before being sent to the USSR, 1 Nov 1944.

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Bell Bell P-63A-10-BE Kingcobra (Serial No. 42-70610) in Soviet Air Force markings, 1944 at Ladd Field, Fairbanks Alaska prior to its flight to the Russian front as a Lend-Lease aircraft.