Aerocobra pamusoro peNew Guinea
Aerocobra pamusoro peNew Guinea. Imwe yeP-400s ye80th squadron ye80th fg. Imwezve 75 galoni mafuta tangi inoonekwa zvakajeka pasi pefuselage.
Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter pilots vaishanda zvikuru panguva yeNew Guinea campaign, kunyanya muna 1942 panguva yekudzivirira kwePort Moresby, iyo yekupedzisira Allied line pamberi peAustralia. Kuti varwire danda rakakwirira kudaro, maAmerica akakanda varwi, avo vaionekwa sevanenge vakaipisisa kupfuura vose vakashanda muU.S. Air Force munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Chinotonyanya kushamisa zvakaitwa nevatyairi vendege, avo, vachibhururuka pane varwi vakadai, vakadhumhana nevemauto endege veImperial Japanese Navy.
Iyo R-39 Airacobra murwi pasina mubvunzo yaive dhizaini yekuvandudza. Chainyanya kuisiyanisa nevarwi venguva iyoyo yaiva injini yaiiswa pakati pefuselage, kuseri kwegomba. Urongwa uhwu hwechigadzirwa chemagetsi hwakapa nzvimbo yakawanda yemahara muuta, zvichikubvumidza kuti uise zvombo zvine simba zvemubhodhi uye chesi yevhiri remberi, iyo yakapa kuoneka kwakanakisa kubva mukombi paunenge uchifamba tekisi.
Mukuita, zvisinei, zvakazoitika kuti chirongwa chine injini yakabatanidzwa kune propeller nerefu cardan shaft yakaomesa kugadzirwa kwendege, izvo zvakaita kuti zvive zvakaoma kuchengetedza hunyanzvi hwekuita mumunda. Zvakatoipisisa, kurongeka kweinjini iyi kwainyanya kukurumidza kuvhuvhuta kubva kumashure, kunyanya sezvo yakanga isina kudzivirirwa nendiro yezvombo. Yakatorawo nzvimbo yaiwanzochengeterwa tangi huru yemafuta, izvo zvaireva kuti iyo P-39 yaive nehurefu hupfupi. Kuti zvinhu zvitonyanya kuipa, pfuti ye37mm yaizivikanwa nekujamba. Nekudaro, kana panguva yehondo mutyairi wendege akakwanisa kushandisa pfuti dzepfuti uye 12,7 mm mumhino wendege, pakati pesimba regiravhiti rakachinjika zvine njodzi kune injini, nekuda kwekuti R-39 yakawira mukati. muswe wakati sandara panguva yekufambisa kunopinza kwaizouburitsa kunze kwaisaita. Kunyange chasi ine vhiri remberi yakaratidza kuva chinetso, sepanhandare dzendege dzine makomba dzeNew Guinea, tsigiro refu yaiwanzoputsika pakumhara uye kunyange pakukwira tekisi. Zvisinei, kukanganisa kukuru kwaiva kusabatanidzwa kwe turbocharger kubva muzvirongwa zvekugadzira, semugumisiro wekuti kushanda kwendege yeR-39 kwakawira pamusoro pe5500 m.
Zvichida, kana hondo isati yatanga, R-39 ingadai yakakurumidza kukanganwika. VaBritish, vakanga vaodha mazana anoverengeka, vakaodzwa mwoyo naye zvokuti anenge ose akapiwa kuvaRussia. Kunyange veAmerica vakagadzirira mauto avo akamira pamberi pehondo muPacific nemamwe marudzi evarwi - Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Yakasara yeBritish order yaive iyo R-39 musiyano ine 20mm cannon (panzvimbo ye37mm). Mushure mekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, US Air Force yakatora makopi ese, ichiatora pasi pezita reP-400. Nenguva isipi dzakauya zvakanaka - pakupera kwa1941 na1942 maAmerican akarasikirwa neWarhawks muhondo dzeHawaii, Philippines neJava, vaive neAircobras kudzivirira Port Moresby.
Mumwedzi yokutanga ya1942, New Guinea yakanga isati iri iyo yoga yainetseka neAllied muPacific. Pashure pokutorwa kweJava neTimor nemaJapan, maguta ari kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe kweAustralia akanga ari mukati mokusvikwa nendege dzavo, uye muna February kurwisa kwendege kwakavamba paDarwin. Nechikonzero ichi, varwi vekutanga vekuAmerica (P-40Es) vakatumirwa kubva kuUS kuenda kunzvimbo yekurwa vakamiswa muAustralia, vachisiya kudzivirira kweNew Guinea kune imwechete Kittyhawk Squadron (75 Squadron RAAF).
Panguva iyo maAustralia vakarwa nechisimba neJapan paPort Moresby, muna Kukadzi 25, vashandi ve35th PG (Pursuit Group) vakasvika muBrisbane negungwa, vaine mauto matatu - 39th, 40th uye 41st - ane P-39 mu. zvisarudzo D. uye F. Nguva pfupi pashure pacho, musi waMarch 5, 8th PG, inewo mapoka matatu (35th, 36th uye 80th PS), yakasvika kuAustralia uye yakagamuchira remangwana reBritish P-400s. Zvakatora maviri mayuniti mamwe mavhiki akawanda kuti asvike pakugadzirira kurwa kwakazara, asi maAllies akange asina nguva yakawanda kudaro.
Kutanga kwaMarch 1942, vanhu vokuJapan vakasvika kumhenderekedzo yekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNew Guinea, pedyo neLae neSalamaua, kwavakabva vavaka nhandare dzendege, vachideredza daro kubva kuPort Moresby kusvika kumakiromita asingasviki 300. Nepo vazhinji vemauto emuchadenga emuJapan muSouth Pacific akange achiri muRabaul, vepamusoro Tainan Kokutai vakatamira kuLae, iyo A6M2 Zero fighter unit kwakabva mamwe maece akanakisa eJapan akadai saHiroyoshi Nishizawa naSaburo Sakai.
