P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2 Paperback / softback
by Warren (Author) Thompson
Illustrated by Mark Styling
Part of the Combat Aircraft series
Paperback / softback
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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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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:100 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/08/1998
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- ISBN:9781855327252
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:100 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/08/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9781855327252
