5 Minute Guides to Aircraft: Bell P-39 Airacobra/P-63 Kingcobra

Sorry this one took a while longer to create, I just finished doing a bunch of prep work for college which affected my time to work on videos.
Though, as the saying goes, better late than never!
Next up will be the Douglas A-20 Havoc

[@patrickwentz8413]

Really good synopsis. I enjoyed it.

[@soknightsam]

Top notch content. Subscribed and watching your back catalogue

[@edwardpate6128]

In the Solomon's the 37mm cannon from crashed or unusable P-39's were prized finds by US Navy PT boat crews who mounted them on the bows. These proved very effective against heavily armed Japanese transport barges.

[@5MinuteGuidesToAircraft]

Nothin like a 37mm Slug to ruin someone's day. . .or boat. Given that the 37 was surprisingly accurate despite being slow firing, I'm surprised they didn't make a dedicated version of the 37 for PT boats.

[@garyhooper1820]

They saw how well the 37mms worked , and issued 40mms Bofors to them .

[@5MinuteGuidesToAircraft]

@@garyhooper1820 Ah, that makes sense, easier to adapt a Naval AA gun to a deck than an oversized aircraft autocannon lol.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Kennedy had a 37mm on the bow of the 109 when it was sunk - but - (iirc) this was an anti-tank gun.
Kennedy's second boat, _PT-59_ , had the torpedo tubes removed and had them replaced by machine guns and 40mm cannon as a Barge Hunter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-59
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[@jimfinlaw4537]

American actor William Conrad flew Bell P-39 Airacobras in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII.

[@5MinuteGuidesToAircraft]

Wow, I didn't know that, thats cool!

[@McRocket]

11:33 - I agree.
It's looks weird.
Thank you for this video.
Stick with it - keep up the quality and I am quite sure your sub numbers will rise strongly.
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[@barrybristow4646]

What about p-63 , swept wing , L-39 1 and L-39 2 ?????.bazz

[@noahwail2444]

Didn´t any of the racers try to adobt the Merlin to the P39 or P63?

[@5MinuteGuidesToAircraft]

To my knowledge no, though my knowledge on Air Racing aircraft is very surface level, and as there were plans to adopt a Merlin to a P-63 during its development I wouldn't be surprised if one engineer was successful in adapting it later on in life.

[@semperf1dude]

5 minute guide that lasts 12 minutes 52 seconds? I demand a refund

[@5MinuteGuidesToAircraft]

Technically it's two guides in one, as covering them Individually doesn't make much sense given how closely related they are