Bell P39 Training, "PATRICE" at DUXFORD July 2008.

reach Soviet hands were delivered from Britain, who had rejected the aircraft after it failed RAF flight testing in late 1941. After accelerated ground and flight testing the Soviet government agreed to delivery of large numbers of Airacobras through the Lend-Lease program. Between 1942 and 1944, Soviet ferry pilots flew approximately 2600 P-39s into the USSR from Fairbanks, Alaska. Another 2000 were shipped (crated) to Iran, assembled, inspected, and flown to Soviet bases east of the ...

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YouTube | August 31, 2008

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