1:72 scale diecast aircraft by Hobby Master.
Features:
Pre-painted with pad applied markings.
Fully assembled.
Pilot included.
Removable ordinance.
Display stand included.
Positionable landing gear.
Rotating propeller.
The P-39Q has the distinction of being the most produced series with 4,905 built. The Q also was the
last version of the Airacobra to be made by Bell. The main difference between the Q version and earlier
versions was the replacement of the 4 wing-mounted 0.30 – inch machine guns with a single 0.50 –inch
machine gun mounted inside a pod attached to the bottom of each wing. The P-39Q-1-BE also
regained the additional 231 pounds of armor of the P-31N-1.
US Marines recaptured Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands chain in the Fall of 1943 and immediately
built an airbase. It became the home base for the 15th FG, 46th FS and their P-39s on December 18,
1943. This P-39 was painted with the intention of it going to North Africa but it managed to find its way
into the PTO. As well as escorts for the Makin A-24s on their bombing raids the P-39s bombed and
strafed ground targets.