Keywords: HendersonP400.gif Five U S Army Air Force Bell P-400 Airacobra fighters of the 67th Fighter Squadron 347th Fighter Group after having arrived at Henderson Field Guadalcanal on 22 August 1942 These planes were the first U S Army personnel or aircraft to reach Guadalcanal The P-400 was a modified P-39D originally built for the Royal Air Force The first aircraft in line carries the British serial BW167 Hyperwar http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal/USMC-M-Guadalcanal-5 html U S National Archives Photo 208-N-4932 1942-08-22 USN File Bell P-400 Guadalcanal Aug 1942 jpg Cactus Air Force Bell P-39 Airacobra PD-USGov 67th Fighter Squadron United States Air Force 347th Fighter Group United States Army Air Forces |