Bell XP-77 - America’s Emergency Fighter (Built from Wood)

Subscribe to Dark Skies: As World War II raged on in Europe and the Far East, the American military began to seriously consider that they may soon have to prepare for combat against Germany and Japan. Japan was growing hungrier for new territories, and Germany was more powerful than ever. Thus, in the early years of the war, the U.S. began to consider developing an Air Force capable of competing with Japanese and German fighters such as the A6M Zero and the Messerschmitt Bf 109. However, one major problem surfaced when the American military got to work. The conflict could very well restrict strategic war materials, such as oil and metals, especially aluminum. If that happened, mass production of weaponry, including aircraft, could be crippled… As a solution for the lengthy and costly war that lay ahead, American aviation engineers considered developing a resource-friendly fighter that would focus on using non-strategic materials. Bell Aircraft thought