P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2
Description
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.
Table of Contents
European Theatre
Mediterranean Theatre
Pacific Theatre
China/Burma/India Theatre
Appendices
Product details
| Published | 20 Nov 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 100 |
| ISBN | 9781782007401 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 100 b/w; 40 col |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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