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Meet the P-61 Black Widow: The Best WWII Fighter You Never Heard Of

Key Points and Summary - The P-61 Black Widow was America's first purpose-built night fighter, a heavily armed, twin-engine aircraft equipped with revolutionary airborne radar. -Conceived after ...
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The P-61 Black Widow Might Be the Best World War II Fighter

The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was one of the most unique and visually distinctive aircraft to fly during the Second World War. Named after the venomous black widow spider, this aircraft combined ...
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P-61 Black Widow: The Fighter That Made the Last Two ‘Kills’ of World War II

The Second World War saw a major leap forward in aircraft design. When the war began, the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Air were each still flying outdated aircraft including the Douglas ...
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The P-61 Black Widow Was a Night Predator

Though it came late to the Second World War, the P-61 marked an important advance in the history of military aviation. During the final years of World War II, several advances in military technology ...