A U.S. Army Air Forces Bell P-39Q-1-BE <i>Airacobra</i> (s/n 42-19474) of the 46th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, taking off from Makin Island in the Gilberts, 13 December 1943, just weeks after U.S. Army forces had seized the island.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.af.mil/photos/">U.S. Air Force</a> photo in Ernie McDowell <i>P-39 Airacobra in Action</i>. Squadron/Signal publications, Carrollton, Texas (USA), 1980, p. 3. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89747-102-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-89747-102-4">ISBN 0-89747-102-4</a>