Registration / Serial: | 41-28263 |
Alternate Serial: | 128263 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 400 Airacobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-39/400 Airacobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-39D Airacobra |
C/n (msn): | |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map |
Country: | Saint Helena |
Photo Date: | May 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 485444Submit Correction |
View count: | 369 |
Wideawake was built by the US as a staging post. The remote island airstrip was out of range of German air attack. The presence of P-39s discouraged any attempt to capture Ascension Island. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial: | 41-28263 |
Alternate Serial: | 128263 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-39D Airacobra |
C/n (msn): | |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map | Country: | Saint Helena |
Photo Date: | May 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 41-28263 |
Alternate Serial: | 128263 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 400 Airacobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-39/400 Airacobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-39D Airacobra |
C/n (msn): | |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map |
Country: | Saint Helena |
Photo Date: | May 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 485444Submit Correction |
View count: | 369 |
Wideawake was built by the US as a staging post. The remote island airstrip was out of range of German air attack. The presence of P-39s discouraged any attempt to capture Ascension Island. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial: | 41-28263 |
Alternate Serial: | 128263 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-39D Airacobra |
C/n (msn): | |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Ascension Island - Wideawake (FHAW / ASI)Map | Country: | Saint Helena |
Photo Date: | May 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |