The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II. It was the first operational U.S. warplane...
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The Northrop F-15 Reporter (later RF-61) was an American unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft. Based on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter...
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Last Supper Black Widow (ride), an amusement ride at Kennywood Black Widow, a roller coaster at Six Flags New England Northrop P-61 Black Widow, a World...
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extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the Northrop P-61 Black Widow as all-weather day/night interceptors. During the Korean War,...
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designed from the outset to function as a night fighter, the Northrop P-61 Black Widow. Avionics systems were greatly miniaturised over time, allowing...
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World War II military production contracts. It was there that the P-61 Black Widow night fighter, the B-35 and YB-49 experimental flying wing bombers...
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more significant of his World War II designs, along with the Northrop P-61 Black Widow, the first American night interceptor, of which more than 700...
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design, with the Dutch Fokker G.I heavy fighter, and the later Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter and Swedish SAAB 21 having a similar planform. The...
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was the first American squadron in England equipped with the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter. After the landings in France, the mission of the...
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It later served in Italy, India, Southern China and Burma as a Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter interceptor squadron. The squadron was reactivated...
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"Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23A Black Widow II". National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, 6 November 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2018. Miller 2005, p. 39...
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moved from the Beaufighter to the new American nightfighter, the Northrop P-61 Black Widow. The squadron only flew a few missions in this new fighter before...
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first purpose-built twin-engine radar-equipped night fighter, the Northrop P-61 Black Widow. When the US entered the war in December 1941, designs advanced...
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of Operations, flying both the British Bristol Beaufighter and Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters. It earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for operations...
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The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed "Cobra") was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force's Lightweight...
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The Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet was a unique prototype fighter interceptor built by the Northrop Corporation. It was one of the most radical of the experimental...
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A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 - Attack aircraft Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet - Prototype fighter Northrop P-61 Black Widow - Night fighter Northrop XP-79 - Prototype interceptor...
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of, or to supplement ailerons, such as the F4 Phantom II and Northrop P-61 Black Widow, which had almost full width flaps (there were very small conventional...
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Eugenia Yuan as Cora Nicholas Bell as Duke The Americans used a Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter to divert Japanese attention while the Rangers were...
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March 1994 Bell P-400, 1942 Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1942–1943 Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1942–1945 Northrop P-61 Black Widow (later F-61, 1947–1950 North...
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The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation...
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Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning Northrop P-61 Black Widow Glacier Girl. Access date: 21 January 2007. 41-7677 Welsh Lightning "P-38F Dottie from Brooklyn" Warbird...
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Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 95,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess...
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part of Alaskan Air Command in September 1947 and equipped with Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters. Its aircraft and personnel were drawn from the...
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All-Weather Fighting Aircraft") for a night fighter to replace the Northrop P-61 Black Widow. The preliminary specification, issued to aircraft manufacturers...
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Night Fighter Squadrons were stationed at Scorton flying the Northrop P-61 Black Widow fighter. After the war, it was kept for a while as a Maintenance...
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Kyushu J7W Shinden One of four surviving Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters One of two surviving Boeing P-26 Peashooter fighters A Bede BD-5, single-seat...
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operations but primarily flew as night fighters. Although the Northrop P-61 Black Widow fighter began to arrive in December 1944, USAAF Beaufighters continued...
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30 Ñancú Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Kawasaki Ki-102 Mitsubishi Ki-83 Northrop P-61 Black Widow Rikugun Ki-93 Related lists List of aircraft of World War II List...
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A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 attack aircraft Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet prototype fighter Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter Northrop XP-79 prototype interceptor...
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