Description
Airacomets #2 with cool nose art. YP-59A, 42-108783 “Mystic Mistress,” overall insignia red scheme (reported in some publications as glossy black, but Dana Bell states he’s seen a color photo and it was in fact overall red), late version; YP-59A, 42-108783 “Mystic Mistress,” a two-seat conversion (early version); P-59A, 44-22613, #82, flown by Colonel David Lee “Tex” Hill, Commander, 412th FG, Kern County Airport, Bakersfield, CA, Spring 1945 [SPECIAL THANKS TO COL HILL FOR PROVIDING THE PHOTOS OF HIS JET!]; P-59A, 44-22610, “Smoky Stover,” first jet to land in Alaska, as it appeared at Ladd Field, Dec. 9, 1944; P-59B, 44-22658 (BuNo 64108), assigned to U.S. Navy NATC, Patuxent River, July 19, 1947; P-59B-1-BE, 44-22637, #689, Santa Maria, California, May 1945.
