Aircraft Photo of 43-34915 | Bell XP-77 | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #9357
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:1944
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID: 9357
Photo Comment

The first of two prototype XP-77 lightweight fighters powered by a 520 h.p. XV-770 and armed with two 0.5 inch guns and a ventral bomb rack. The aircraft proved to be underpowered and the programme was cancelled after the second example crashed in October 1944. From Bell Aircraft 60 years ago.

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