P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2
Author(s): Warren Thompson; Mark Styling (Illustrator)
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 the years 1940/41 of World War II (1939-1945). 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.
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Osprey Publishing
- : 0.29
- : 28 August 1998
- : .2 Inches X 7.23 Inches X 9.71 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Warren Thompson; Mark Styling (Illustrator)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 100