![In this painting by Jack Fellows, P-39s flown by Major George Greene, Jr., (foreground) and “Buzz” Wagner take on Japanese Zeros over the Salamaua Peninsula.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/W-Ordnance-LEAD-4C-Sep05-e1696362475168-760x428.jpg)
Bell P-39 Airacobra
WWII Planes: The Bell P-39 Airacobra “Peashooter”
by Sam McGowanIf 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. Read more