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An American Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter that crashed at Nome Airfield in Alaska.

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Soviet P-39s P-39Q-25-BEs) with four-bladed propellers.

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P-39’s

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Fellow fighters congratulate A.I. Pokryshkin (in helmet) on being awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for the third time. 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. 1943.

In the background is the American-made P-39 Airacobra fighter (Bell P-39 Airacobra) of G.A. Rechkalov. Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin (1913-1985) was a Soviet ace pilot, the second most successful fighter

pilot among the pilots of the anti-Hitler coalition countries in World War II. He was the first three times Hero of the Soviet Union. In the foreground (left to right): L.I. Goleglyad, A.F. Klubov, V.A. Berezkin, A.I. Pokryshkin, N.L. Trofimov, S.A. Pyzhikov

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Soviet P-39s P-39Q-25-BEs) with four-bladed propellers.

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Gunsmiths prepare an American-made Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter from the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment for takeoff. Gunsmiths service and reload machine guns. 1944

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Machine guns being reloaded on a Soviet American-made Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter from the 19th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.The photo was taken shortly after the regiment received its Airacobra fighters.

The camouflage paintwork typical of the P-39 fighters in service with the British Air Force is noticeable.

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Squadron commander of the 69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Guards Captain Nikolai Ivanovich Proshenkov on the wing of his P-39 Airacobra (Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra). 1st Ukrainian Front. 1944

Nikolay Ivanovich Proshenkov (1918-1963) served on the fronts of the WW2 from August 13, 1941. He flew I-153, Yak-1, and Bell P-39 Airacobra aircraft.

By May 1945, he had completed 375 successful combat sorties, and in 86 air battles, he personally shot down 19 enemy aircraft and, as part of a group

,4. On June 27, 1945, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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