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Loading... Northrop P-61 Black Widow: The Complete History and Combat Recordby Garry R. Pape, Donna Campbell, John M. Campbell
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Not quite what I expected; More combat records, less [design] history. That said it is well written, has many pictures and I'm sure that if you had to build a P-61 Black Widow book collection this would be a 'mandatory' ( ) no reviews | add a review
References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (10)The Northrop P-61 was the first airplane designed form the start to be a night fighter. With its advanced radar and electronics, high speed, maneuverability and heavy armament, it was as deadly as its namesake: the poisonous Black Widow spider.nNorthrop P-61 Black Widow uncovers the complete history of this once-secret warplane. The result of over 26 years of original research, this book brings you astonishing detail on all the P-61 variants, from the first XP-61 prototype through the final long range escort and photo-recon versions. Dozens of photos and original Northrop and Army Air Force blueprint drawings show every technical detail of this ahead of-its-time aricraft, its engines, aradar and electronics. This is the complete Black Widow combat diary - all the aces and all the victories, told through first person combat stories. More than 150 black and white and color photos show the Black Widow in action in the European, China-Burma-India and Pacific Theaters - the planes the pilots, the crewmen, the nose art and the markings. Also included are unit histories for each night fighter squadron that flew the Black Widow. No library descriptions found. |
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