P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 8)
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Book 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.
From the Publisher
Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.
P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 8),Warren Thompson,Mark Styling,Osprey Publishing,1855327252,History,History - Military / War,Military,Military - Aviation,Military - World War II,Military Aircraft - World War II,Military Science,Air forces & warfare,Aircraft: general interest,Europe,European history: Second World War,History / Military / Aviation,History of engineering & technology,Second World War, 1939-1945,USA
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