Bell P-63 Kingcobra

The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is a US fighter aircraft of World War II. It is a modernized variant of the P-39 Aircobra. Refused by the USA and UK, it was used by Free France and the USSR as a fighter-bomber. After the war some were used by Honduras. More than 3300 examples were built between 1943 and 1945.

P-63 Kingcobra
Role	Fighter aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Bell Aircraft
First flight	7 December 1942
Introduction	October 1943
Status	Retired
Primary users	United States Army Air Forces Soviet Air Force French Air Force
Produced	1943–1945
Number built	3,303
Unit cost	US$65,914 (1945)
Developed from	Bell P-39 Airacobra

Bell P-63 Kingcobra Media

• Airacobra P39 Assembly LOC 02902u.jpg

  Bell assembly line near Niagara Falls, New York

• Bell P-59 Airacomet 060913-F-1234P-013.jpg

  First production P-59A with a P-63 behind.

• L-39 with swept wings, extended rear fuselage, ventral tail fin and P-39 prop

• P-63 Kingcobra.jpg

  A P-63A in USAAF service. (Image: USAF).

• Bell RP-63C Kingcobra N62822 OSH 07.74 edited-2.jpg

  Bell RP-63C racer Tipsy Miss wearing No. 28 at Oshkosh Wisconsin in 1974.

• The Bell P-63 Kingcobra.jpg

  P-63 with underwing gun pods

• Bell L-39-2 NAN2-61.jpg

  L-39-2 with swept wings and four-bladed prop.

• Bell P-63A Kingcobra N191H CAF HARL 18.10.75 edited-2.jpg

  RP-63C (ex-"Pinball") Kingcobra in French Air Force markings at the Commemorative Air Force museum at Harlingen Texas in 1975

• Bell P-63 Kingcobra on display in Victory Park, Moscow. Photo taken in June 2004.jpg

  Bell P-63 King Cobra (identifiable as such by its vertical tail and four-bladed propeller) on display in Victory Park, Moscow, June 2004.

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  P-63C of the Armée de l'Air