{"id":1591113,"date":"2022-11-10T18:28:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1591113"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:30:54","slug":"polish-airacobra-of-a-russian-general-70055","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2022\/11\/10\/polish-airacobra-of-a-russian-general-70055\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish Airacobra of a Russian general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a tradition that while waiting for the premi\u00e8re of a new Arma Hobby kit, modellers try to guess what aircraft it will be this time. Usually, types that have some connection with Polish military aviation or Polish airmen are mentioned in first order. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Aircobra was never flown by a Polish combat unit, while individual Polish pilots had rather limited contact with the fighter, mainly in the course of ferry flights and post-repair flights. Witold Urbanowicz, an ace from the Battle of Britain, is said to have trained on the type during his period of stay in the USA, where he served as the Deputy Air Attach\u00e9. An Aircobra \u2013 adorned with white and red checkerboards \u2013 that is quite well known in Poland is the personal aircraft of General Fyodor Petrovich Polynin, a citizen of the USSR who, duly delegated by Stalin, commanded the Polish &#8220;people&#8217;s&#8221; Air Force from October 1944 to the end of May 1947.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591083\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200-610x410.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra1200-1080x725.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UgO9WZMlBQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/10\/07\/p-39-kobra-w-tydzien\/\">Kobra w tydzie\u0144<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;Kobra w tydzie\u0144&#8221; &#8212; Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/10\/07\/p-39-kobra-w-tydzien\/embed\/#?secret=m7JDrFDadR#?secret=UgO9WZMlBQ\" data-secret=\"UgO9WZMlBQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And we have known for about two years that one other aeroplane of the type also carried white and red checkerboards (as well as the number \u201c20\u201d), however no details regarding its identity have been established.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591097\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL-610x437.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airacobra-PL-1080x774.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo from the Daniel Buszy\u0144ski&#8217;s collection<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Polish Aviation Museum in Krak\u00f3w has the wing of a third aircraft in its collections, but we know that it never bore Polish markings and was only used as an instructional aeroplane by a civilian technical school.<\/p>\n<p>And that is all that connects this fighter type with the history of Polish military aviation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1590482 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055_P-39-Q-Aircobra_instrukcja-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"847\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055_P-39-Q-Aircobra_instrukcja-12.jpg 847w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055_P-39-Q-Aircobra_instrukcja-12-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055_P-39-Q-Aircobra_instrukcja-12-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055_P-39-Q-Aircobra_instrukcja-12-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055_P-39-Q-Aircobra_instrukcja-12-610x864.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Immediately after Arma Hobby revealed the paint schemes included in the Aircobra kit, someone expressed surprise that our proposed representation of General Fyodor Polynin\u2019s personal aircraft has a uniform factory finish. For a dozen or so years now, Polish modellers have been convinced that this best-known Polish Aircobra was a more colourful \u201cbird\u201d, and had a red rudder, while both the vertical stabilizer and rear portion of the fuselage were painted yellow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus, I was tasked with explaining our selection and outlining the current state of knowledge about the fighter\u2019s paint scheme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When, more than 40 years ago, I first learned about the Aircobra with white and red checkerboards, there was an ongoing discussion about its markings and finish. At the time, only one photograph of the aeroplane was known; it had been printed by Andrzej Morga\u0142a in his two books published towards the end of the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591085\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1083\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4-610x301.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001-4-1080x534.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1083px) 100vw, 1083px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph from \u201cSamoloty my\u015bliwskie w lotnictwie polskim\u201d, A. Morga\u0142a, 1979.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although Morga\u0142a captioned the photograph with a description of the aeroplane\u2019s colours, informing that the tail was painted yellow and the rudder red, Tadeusz Kr\u00f3likiewicz in his \u201cPolski samolot i barwa\u201d, published at the beginning of the 1980s, as well as Piotr Bartoszewski in the booklet from the series Typy Broni i Uzbrojenia (the most accessible source of knowledge for modellers at the time) \u2013 with the latter clearly patterning himself after the former \u2013 presented a different interpretation, stating that the tail had been painted in the same colour as the underside. Finally, the first Polish P-39Q kit on a scale of 1\/72, a vacuform released in 1985 by Miniplast, copied the information provided by these most popular sources.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591087\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1279\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4-610x380.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-4-1080x672.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A scan from Tadeusz Kr\u00f3likiewicz\u2019s book \u201cPolski samolot i barwa\u201d. It is significant that the author stressed that during its period of service the aircraft had various paint schemes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591091\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200-610x890.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/003-1200-1080x1575.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Both the authors of TBiU from 1983&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591093\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1386\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2-610x204.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/004-2-1080x362.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;and the designers of the paint scheme used in the Miniplast kit opted for Tadeusz Kr\u00f3likiewicz\u2019s interpretation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Consensus was lacking, however, and it was only in 2007 that Andrzej Morga\u0142a decided to play his trump card and settle the matter of the colour of the tail. Accordingly, in \u201cLotnictwo z Szachownic\u0105\u201d, he published a description of the aircraft given by Corporal Adam Borowczyk, a former student of the Technical Aviation School in Boernerowo who in the late 1940s had the opportunity of inspecting the aeroplane that was used there as an instructional aid. Adam Borowczyk had most certainly seen the aircraft in question, for he even took a photograph of himself sitting in its cockpit, and his testimony is all the more compelling as in his later years he devoted himself to aviation model-making and doubtless had the gift of observation specific to modellers. Borowczyk\u2019s description, cited by Morga\u0142a, is as follows: \u201cThe aeroplane was covered with the original American paint, which had been sprayed on at the Bell plant. The upper surface was in a faded khaki, similar to faded autumnal grass. It could be described as olive with a significant sandy hue. The underside was grey-blue, light-coloured. On the left, on the underside of the front part of the fuselage, was the number block, inscribed in red: US ARMY AIR FORCE P-39-Q-21-BE SERIAL NO A.C. 44-3&#8230; The vertical stabilizer and the stripe on the fuselage beneath it were yellow. The rudder was red, and the number \u201c01\u201d was yellow (or white?).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591095\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200-610x414.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/airacobra2-1200-1080x734.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, this description was put together on the basis of recollections and photographs. Is it absolutely true to reality? It [the Polish original] has typos, does not provide a full serial number, and contains an obvious error: the number block was always black, never red. The author\u2019s irresolution as to the colour of the tactical number on the rudder can be ascribed to the fact that the yellow paint had peeled off, revealing the original white. But we do not know why the aircraft would have had a Q-21 series number, for it did not have a four-bladed propeller. Or maybe Borowczyk was right in this regard, and it was a Q-21 whose original propeller had been replaced with a four-blade model? The description is brief, and yet it contains quite a few inaccuracies. There is no doubt, however, that the aircraft had the original paintwork throughout its entire period of service. Regardless of Borowczyk\u2019s oral testimony, this is proved by the operational markings and the number block visible in the photograph \u2013 had the aeroplane been repainted, they would surely have disappeared.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"l0mxczx3TJ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/11\/09\/p-39q-airacobra-galeria-darek-bondyra\/\">P-39Q Airacobra \u2013 Galeria \u2013 Darek Bondyra<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;P-39Q Airacobra \u2013 Galeria \u2013 Darek Bondyra&#8221; &#8212; Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/11\/09\/p-39q-airacobra-galeria-darek-bondyra\/embed\/#?secret=nYkRfoHrMW#?secret=l0mxczx3TJ\" data-secret=\"l0mxczx3TJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Has the testimony provided by Morga\u0142a convinced everyone? Probably not Tadeusz Kr\u00f3likiewicz. In the next edition of \u201cPolski samolot i barwa\u201d, published in 2016, he wrote only that \u201cthe colour scheme of the aeroplane continues to arouse controversy\u201d, without citing Morga\u0142a\u2019s arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, in my opinion, Morga\u0142a\u2019s version, recently cited in \u201cPolish Fighter Colours\u201d (MMP Books, 2021), seems to be the most probable and is lent credibility by the oral statement. Controversy does still surround the issue of what paint exactly was used on the tail. Described as yellow by Morga\u0142a, it could have been a Zinc Chromate primer \u2013 or a different colour from among those used by the Soviet Air Force. This remains \u2013 and probably always will remain \u2013 the subject of conjecture.<\/p>\n<p>When choosing the paint scheme for the Aircobra kit, we could not afford such irresolution. The instruction had to propose a specific colour for the tail. Thus, we decided to avoid controversy and chose a less attractive, uniform paint scheme, the existence of which is confirmed by one of the photographs. However, because the decal sheet also contains a yellow tactical number \u201c01\u201d \u2013 just like the one that was later placed on the red-coloured rudder \u2013 each modeller can try to recreate the paint scheme of the more colourful version on his own, selecting the colour that suits him best, and its scope.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1590394\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5-610x302.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-profile-5-1080x535.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another contentious issue concerning the markings of this aircraft was the presence of checkerboards on the upper surfaces. The three known photographs show the aeroplane from the left, which makes it impossible to confirm their presence. Help came from an unexpected source. A careful observation of aerial photographs of Ok\u0119cie, taken in 1945, revealed the characteristic silhouette of an Aircobra with bright patches on its wings \u2013 undoubtedly checkerboards. These pictures are available on the website of the Office of the Capital City of Warsaw, in the maps and historical aerial photographs tabs, and also on Google Earth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591100\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa-610x344.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/001mapa-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591102\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/002mapa-1080x607.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591106\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko-610x344.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cobra-lotnisko-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bibliography<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrzej Morga\u0142a. <em>Polskie Samoloty Wojskowe 1939 \u2013 1945<\/em>. 1977<\/li>\n<li>Andrzej Morga\u0142a. <em>Samoloty my\u015bliwskie w lotnictwie polskim<\/em>. 1979<\/li>\n<li>Andrzej Morga\u0142a. <em>Airacobra w lotnictwie polskim<\/em>. \u201eLotnictwo z Szachownic\u0105\u201d nr 22 (2\/2007)<\/li>\n<li>Tadeusz Kr\u00f3likiewicz. <em>Polski samolot i barwa<\/em>. 1981<\/li>\n<li>Tadeusz Kr\u00f3likiewicz, Robert Gretzyngier. <em>Polski samolot i barwa 1943-2016<\/em>. 2016<\/li>\n<li>\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044b\u043d\u0438\u043d \u0424\u0451\u0434\u043e\u0440 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447. \u0411\u043e\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0448\u0440\u0443\u0442\u044b [Fiodor Piotrowicz Po\u0142ynin. <em>Wojennyje marszruty<\/em>]. 1972<\/li>\n<li><em>Polish Fighter Colours 1939-1947. vol. 2<\/em>. Praca zbiorowa. (chapter <em>Airacobra<\/em> by Wojciech Zmy\u015blony, Zbigniew Kolacha) MMP\/ Stratus, Sandomierz 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>See also:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.com\/category\/aircraft-models-airacobra?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1590366\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1-610x414.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1-1080x733.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-web-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.com\/category\/aircraft-models-airacobra?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1590368\" src=\"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal-1024x945.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal-768x709.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal-610x563.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal-1080x997.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70055-decal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Order P-39Q Airacobra model kit in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.com\/category\/aircraft-models-airacobra?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Arma Hobby online store<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aCQxa92X8K\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/10\/21\/p-39q-airacobra-recenzja-hyperscale-brett-green\/\">P-39Q Airacobra &#8211; Recenzja HyperScale &#8211; Brett Green<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;P-39Q Airacobra &#8211; Recenzja HyperScale &#8211; Brett Green&#8221; &#8212; Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/10\/21\/p-39q-airacobra-recenzja-hyperscale-brett-green\/embed\/#?secret=VTXHnKBZJu#?secret=aCQxa92X8K\" data-secret=\"aCQxa92X8K\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9SjsuRgmxK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/10\/19\/koralowe-airacobry\/\">Koralowe Airacobry<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;Koralowe Airacobry&#8221; &#8212; Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/blog\/2022\/10\/19\/koralowe-airacobry\/embed\/#?secret=FrUcHaYhEA#?secret=9SjsuRgmxK\" data-secret=\"9SjsuRgmxK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a tradition that while waiting for the premi\u00e8re of a new Arma Hobby kit, modellers try to guess what aircraft it will be this time. 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