YFM-1 Airacuda

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Bell XFM-1 36-351 3

Bell XFM-1 36-351 3

Bell XFM-1 36-351 4

Bell XFM-1 36-351 4

Bell XFM-1 36-351 5

Bell XFM-1 36-351 5

Bell XFM-1 36-351

Bell XFM-1 36-351 in flight

Bell XFM-1 36-351 2

Bell XFM-1 36-351 in flight 2

Bell YFM-1 1 November 1939

Bell YFM-1 1 November 1939

Bell YFM-1 2

Bell YFM-1 in flight 2

Bell YFM-1 38-486

Bell YFM-1 serial 38-486 on the ground

Bell YFM-1A

Bell YFM-1A

Bell YFM-1A 15 August 1940

Bell YFM-1A 15 August 1940

Bell YFM-1B

Bell YFM-1B

Crashed YFM-1 38-492, Aurora, NY 21 June 1940

Crashed Bell YFM-1 38-492, Aurora, NY 21 June 1940

Crashed YFM-1 38-492 June 1940

Crashed YFM-1 38-492, Aurora, NY 21 June 1940

YFM-1 2

YFM-1 2

YFM-1 Airacuda 2

YFM-1 Airacuda 2

YFM-1 Airacuda 3

YFM-1 Airacuda 3

YFM-1 in flight

YFM-1 in flight

YFM-1A #18 of the 10th Air Base Squadron

YFM-1A #18 of the 10th Air Base Squadron at Chanute Field

YFM-1A 13 August 1940

YFM-1A 13 August 1940

Bell YFM-1A

YFM-1A on the ground

YFM-1B #15 of the 10th Air Base Squadron

YFM-1B #15 of the 10th Air Base Squadron at Chanute Field

YFM-1B Airacuda

YFM-1B Airacuda in flight

First military aircraft produced by the Bell. Originally designated the “Model 1” the Airacuda first flew on September 1, 1937. The model plane was one marked by bold design advances and considerable flaws that eventually grounded the plane.