| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 43-34915 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bell XP-77 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell XP-77 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell XP-77 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1944 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 9357 |
| Photo Comment |
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The first of two prototype XP-77 lightweight fighters powered by a 520 h.p. XV-770 and armed with two 0.5 inch guns and a ventral bomb rack. The aircraft proved to be underpowered and the programme was cancelled after the second example crashed in October 1944. From Bell Aircraft 60 years ago. This photo was added on 17 September 2017, and has since been viewed 329 times. |