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| USAAF 5th AF 35th FG 41st FS |
Aircraft History Built by Bell in Buffalo, New York. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-39N Airacobra serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 35th Fighter Group (35th FG), 41st Fighter Squadron (41st FS). Squadron number 75 with squadron letter F. Assigned to pilot Lt. Erick W. Kyro. This aircraft had a white painted spinner. The tail was painted white with a yellow tip. The left cockpit door was painted white with the nickname "Flying Finn" because Kyro was of Finnish ancestry with the nose art of a skier, modeled after a Finnish Olympian Paavo Nurmi. Above the left exhaust stack below the rear canopy was "Sisu" that means guts in Finnish. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. Relatives Thanks to Erick W. Kyro for additional information Contribute
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