Airplane Model*Hobby Master HA1704 1:72 P-400 (P-39) Airacobra – Miniature Marvels: Airplane Models & Painted Dice

Hobby Master HA1704 1:72 P-400 (P-39) Airacobra 347th FG, 67th FS, 13th USAAF, Guadalcanal, 1942.

In July 1941 the RAF started to receive modified P-39 that the British called Airacobra Mk. I. The original order was for 475 aircraft under the Lend-Lease Act and they would also take over the 200 aircraft France had ordered before it fell to the Germans. Because of the planes inability to climb to high altitudes and its relatively short range it was deemed inadequate. As a result only 80 of the planes were actually accepted by the RAF 601 Squadron. The Russians were in need of aircraft and gladly accepted some of the planes the British had rejected. The aircraft performed remarkably well because it was put into a role of ground attack, the role that best suited this plane’s characteristics and attributes. The USAAF took possession of the remaining 179 aircraft and re-designated them P-400.