Trivia Question # 23 Fri 09 / 29

This aircraft flew as a manned target for " LIVE GUNNERY PRACTICE " for B-24 Liberators. Because of this assignment,the bomber pilots disparagingly gave this aircraft a nickname. Name this aircraft. The nickname is optional if known.

That would be the P-63 KingCobra. Painted orange, with reinforced armor around the vital areas, it was known as a PinBall because of the light in the spinner that would light up when the a/c was hit.

darn! you beat me to it!