Bell P-59 Airacomet
With World War 2 underway in 1939, the United States Army Air Corps began fielding reports from Germany and Britain about a major advancement in aviation technology. The German Heinkel He 178 and the British Gloster E.28/39 were demonstrating that QUOTE “aircraft flying without propellers” could be the future of air combat. In response, the United States launched its own top-secret fighter program hidden behind the development of the rear-propeller-driven Bell XP-52 and XP-59 prototypes. The resulting Bell-59 Airacomet would be the very first American fighter jet…
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