A U.S. Army Air Forces Bell XP-59A <i>Airacomet</i> (s/n 42-108784) at Muroc Dry Lake, California (USA). The XP-59A made its first flight on 2 October 1942.
USAAF (cited as USAAF photo)
circa October 1942 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1942-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Air Force photo in Jeffrey L. Ethell: <i>American Warplanes: World War II to Korea. Volume II.</i> Arms and Armour Press, London (UK) 1983, p. 20. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0853685770" title="Special:BookSources/0853685770">ISBN 0853685770</a>