Cactus Air Force

For the life of me I can not place this aircraft, anyone know what it is.

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A P-39 was equipped with a 20 mm or 37 mm nose cannon, depending on the version.
The one in the picture has the long gun barrel, which indicates that it is equipped with a Hispano 20mm cannon. It also seems as if it has 12-stub exhausts and .303 wing guns.
I would say that this plane is a P-400. This was the designation given to the RAF Airacobra I. RAF found this aircraft useless as a fighter and the remaining aircraft were sent to U.S.forces in the Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 
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