Ginter, Steve Bell XFM/YFM Airacuda Bomber Destroyer

Name: Ginter, Steve: Bell XFM/YFM Airacuda Bomber Destroyer
Brand: Ginter Books
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English text, paperback, many bw-illustrations. 48 pages.

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The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda was the first airplane designed and built by Larry Bell's new Bell Aircraft Corp. (founded in July 1935). This was to be a futuristic and innovative Allison V-1710 powered twin pusher bomber destroyer armed with 37mm canons mounted in the forward engine nacelles. The aircraft carried a crew of five and had both .30cal and .50cal defensive armament.

It was also the first fighter to have an Auxillary Power Unit (APU). Fourteen aircraft were built: one XFM-1, nine YFM-1s, three YFM-1A (with tricycle landing gear) and two YFM-1Bs. The Airacuda's first flight was on 28 September 1939 with all aircraft being withdrawn from service in 1941.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: Ginter, Steve
Title: Bell XFM/YFM Airacuda Bomber Destroyer
Details: English text, paperback, many bw-illustrations. 48 pages.
State: new