Registration / Serial:41-28263
Alternate Serial:128263
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 400 Airacobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-39/400 Airacobra
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39D Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map
Country:Saint Helena
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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Wideawake was built by the US as a staging post. The remote island airstrip was out of range of German air attack. The presence of P-39s discouraged any attempt to capture Ascension Island. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:41-28263
Alternate Serial:128263
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39D Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map
Country:Saint Helena
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:41-28263
Alternate Serial:128263
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 400 Airacobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-39/400 Airacobra
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39D Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map
Country:Saint Helena
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:485444Submit Correction
View count: 262
Wideawake was built by the US as a staging post. The remote island airstrip was out of range of German air attack. The presence of P-39s discouraged any attempt to capture Ascension Island. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:41-28263
Alternate Serial:128263
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39D Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map
Country:Saint Helena
Photo Date:May 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive