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This nifty little plane did its part to defeat the Axis. Key point: This plane served in its own rightly role. Here is its forgotten history. If there is an American combat airplane that has achieved an ill-deserved reputation, no doubt it would be the much-maligned Bell P-39 Airacobra, a tricycle landing gear single-engine fighter whose reputation was greatly overshadowed by the more famous, and of more recent design, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, and North American P-51 Mustang. In the minds of some, the P-39 was a practically worthless airplane, with few redeeming features. They consider the nickname used by pilots of the P-39 Airacobra Peashooter a term of derision that implies the airplane’s effectiveness as a fighter. But the P-39’s many detractors ignore the reputation of the Airacobra with the Soviet Air Force, and the important role it played in the Southwest Pacific Area of Operations in 1942, when P-39s were the only fi

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