Bell P-59B Airacomet


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Bell P-59B
Airacomet

The P-59 was America's first jet-propelled aircraft. It was completed in mid-1942 and on October 1, 1942, and made its first flight at Muroc (now Edwards Air Force Base), California. The USAAF ordered it into production one year later.

 
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