DEFENCE: First RAF Squadron equipped with Airacobras (1941)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Film showing the new Bell P-39Q Airacobra in RAF colours. (Appears to be 601 Squadron). Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Squadron of Airacobras October 1941 ENGLAND: RAF aircraft lined up on airfield / Pilots climbing into cockpits / Engines turned on, propellors spinning / Aircraft take off / AIR TO AIR shots planes in flight / Planes landing / More shots Bell Airacobras taking off and in flight Background: Film showing the new Bell P-39Q Airacobra in RAF colours. (Appears to be 601 Squadron). FILM ID: VLVA8V6GI3SCZIJ2O13GC1QWW7V69 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé