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P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 8)
by: Warren Thompson

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Product 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.

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940
EAN: 9781855327252
ISBN: 1855327252
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: August 28, 1998
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: August 28, 1998
Studio: Osprey Publishing

Customer Reviews

An Excellant Resource on the P-61

If you are looking for a book highly detailed on the P-61 then check this book out! It is full of detailed information on every aspect of the P-61. From the information about it's use in each major theater to the details on the different color schemes, and nose art. There are also many pictures throughout, several pictures I had never seen before. Finally there are thorough accounts of the crews who flew the P-61, and even details of their flight suits. Besides all this, you can't beat the price!

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