The first aircraft to be purposely designed as a radar-equipped nightfighter, Northrop's P-61 Black Widow was heavily influenced by early RAF combat experience with radar-equipped aircraft in 1940/41.
Built essentially around the bulky Radiation Laboratory SCR-720 radar, which was mounted in the aircraft's nose, the P-61 proved to be the largest fighter ever produced for frontline service by the USAAF. Twin-engined and twin-boomed, the Black Widow was armed with a dorsal barbette of four 0.50-in Browning machine guns and two ventrally-mounted 20 mm cannon.
This volume features all the frontline users of the mighty P-61, and includes many first-hand accounts from pilots and gunners who saw action in the Pacific, Mediterranean and Western Europe.
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- English
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P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Chapter One: Prelude to Combat
- Chapter Two: European Theatre
- Chapter Three: Mediterranean Theatre
- Chapter Four: Pacific Theatre
- Chapter Five: China/Burma/India Theatre
- Appendices
- Colour Plates Commentary
- Imprint
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