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P-61 Black Widow: Best WWII Fighter to Ever Fly?
What You Need to Know: The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the U.S. Army Air Force’s first dedicated night-fighter, featuring ...
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One Man’s Tale of Courage Flying Fighters in the Dark
National Archives and Records Administration Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow was late to the war. The fighter-bomber didn’t fly its first combat mission until June 1944, when it penetrated German ...
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In the Museum: High Flier
Headed south toward Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, he took the unpressurized airplane, a Northrop P-61 Black Widow ... but the Garber team has no plans to return the aircraft ...