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Bell XFM/YFM Airacuda Bomber Destroyer – Air Force Legends Number 225

AUTHOR – Steve Ginter

PUBLISHER – Steve Ginter

FORMAT – Softback

PAGES – 48

PUBLISHED – 2022

ISBN – 978 8 9854726 8 4

 

1 in stock

Category: Product ID: 15709

Description

The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda was the first airplane designed and built by Larry Bell’s new Bell Aircraft Corp. (founded in July 1935). This was to be a futuristic and innovative Allison V-1710 powered twin pusher bomber destroyer armed with 37mm canons mounted in the forward engine nacelles. The aircraft carried a crew of five and had both .30 cal and .50 cal defensive armament. It was also the first fighter to have an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU). Fourteen aircraft were built: one XFM-1, nine YFM-1s, three YFM-1A (with tricycle landing gear) and two YFM-1Bs. The Airacuda’s first flight was on 28 September 1939 with all aircraft being withdrawn from service in 1941.

The book includes 131 b&w photos and 7 drawings.

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Weight0.2 kg

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