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The Bell P-59 Airacomet was a twin jet-engined fighter aircraft, the first produced in the United States, designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II. The first Bell XP-59A test plane being towed at Muroc Army Air Base, California. Note the false wooden propeller designed to conceal the jet engines during ground towing. On 12 September 1942, the first XP-59A arrived at Muroc Army Air Field (Edwards Air Force Base)