Hobby Master 1/72 P-39Q AiraCobra 4 Stormo C.T. Italian Co-Belligerent AF, Italy 1945 (HA1710)

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Hobby Master 1/72 P-39Q AiraCobra 4 Stormo C.T. Italian Co-Belligerent AF, Italy 1945 (HA1710)
P-39Q AiraCobra 4 Stormo C.T. Italian Co-Belligerent AF, Italy 1945

The Bell P-39 Airacobra originally flew with excellent performance but by the time the aircraft reached the front lines the Army Air Corp had changed so many features that the plane was far from what Bell had originally designed. They added weight, removed the supercharger from the Allison engine that didn’t have the power it claimed. What could have been and should have been one of the best aircraft of WWII turned out to be much less. Even with all its flaws they still produced 9,584 P-39s. The Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force was formed in October 1943 after the Italian armistice a month earlier. The Italian pilots now flew for the Allies and in June and July 1944 received 75 former USAAF 332nd Fighter Group P-39Qs. These aircraft equipped the Gruppi 9° and 10° of 4° Stormo and the name J. Baracca was to honor an Italian Ace from WWI. The black prancing horse was used because it was Baracca’s aircraft emblem. This horse emblem would go on to become the famous Ferrari emblem

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