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P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Helicopters & Miscellaneous

MSRP old price: $22.95


Product Info

Title
P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2
Publisher
Category
Author
Warren Thompson
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.75x.375"
NKG Part #
373230411
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM008
Type
Softcover
Series
COM8

Description

The first aircraft to be purposely designed as a radar-equipped nightfigher, 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.