http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1208.html
Interesting reading,
greetz,brummbar

US declares war

Airacobra in trial, with all guns firing.  This version had a nose-mounted 37mm cannon, 2 nose-mounted 0.50 caliber machine guns, and 4 wing-mounted 0.30 caliber machine guns.  A kick it certainly carried.  Best regards, JR.

Firing trial - Bell P39 Airacobra.

An Eritrean ascaro tortured and killed by Abyssinian troops; he was clearly tortured and slaughtered.
Cruelty episodes were very common during this war (also the ascari preferred not to take prisoners, when the Italian officers could not stop them), worsened by ancient hates between Ethiopians an Eritreans wich unfortunatly, more or less, still last nowdays.
DVX.