P-61 Black Widow Nightfighters of World War 2 - Aircraft of the Aces 23 - Osprey/Del Prado BG It is written with a

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P-61 Black Widow Nightfighters of World War 2 - Aircraft of the Aces 23 - Osprey/Del Prado BG It is written with aThe 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