W.T. LARKINS MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 8022. Bell 27 YP-59A Airacomet (42-108783 c/n 27-16) US Army Air Forces
Photographed at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, October 1945, by W.T. Larkins
08/15/2008. Remarks by
Johan Visschedijk: "Pictured above is the last of thirteen YP-59As that was delivered to the USAAF in 1944. Some P-59s were modified to have a second cockpit in front of the original one and were used as observers, drone directors, jet familiarization aircraft, transport, and simply for joy rides. At least two had an open cockpit, the XP-59A 42-108784 and YP-59A 42-108783
YP-59A (42-108777) (
Phil Juvet Memorial Collection)
The Airacomet pictured above had a covered cockpit in front of the original one."
Read the type remarks on page
12201.
