P-63 - The Outcast Kingcobra

Disliked in the West and sent in large numbers to the Soviet Union, the Bell P-63 Kingcobra ended up seeing little action during World War Two and, consequently, became one of the lesser-known American fighters of the period, especially considering more than 3,000 were built. But was the outcast Kingcobra totally without merit?

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00:04 History
8:12 Conclusion and opinion


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Sources
- The Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra Fighters - Soviet Service During World War II
by Yefim Gordon and Sergey Komissarov with Dmitriy Komissarov

- Bell P-39 Airacobra (Crowood Aviation Series)
by Robert F. Dorr with Jerry C. Scutts

- Dogfight: P-51B/C Mustang - Northwest Europe 1943-44
by Chris Bucholtz

- P-39/P-400 Airacobra vs A6M2/3 Zero-Sen - New Guinea 1942
by Michael John Claringbould

- Bell Aircraft - since 1935
by A. J. Pelletier

- Numerous small sources like aircraft manuals or flight tests

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