What You Need to Know: The Bell P-59 Airacomet, America’s first jet fighter, debuted in 1942 but didn’t see combat due to its limited speed and performance compared to WWII’s piston-engine fighters ...
In all, a total of 66 Bell P-59 Airacomets were built from 1942 to 1944, with three XP-59A prototypes, 13 YP-59A pre-production aircraft, and 50 production aircraft consisting of 20 P-59A models and ...