Aircraft Photo of N40A | Bell P-39Q Airacobra | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #868078
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N40A
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 400 Airacobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-39/400 Airacobra
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39Q Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Harlingen - Valley InternationalMap
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KHRL   IATA: HRL   Local: HRL   Other: -
Event:Confederate Air Force Airshow 1979
 
Photo Date:8 October 1979
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 868078
Photo Comment

Taken into service with the USAAF in 1944 and converted to RP-39Q then TP-39Q. Sold as N4829N in 1956 and rebuilt following year as a single-seater for air racing. Reregistered N40A in 1955. To Confederate Air Force in 1975, painted in camouflage and to Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in 1981. Sold in 2015 as NX4829N

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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