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Black Widow
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The P-61 Black Widow built by Northrop was the first operational American military aircraft designed specifically to use the new technology of radar, The Black Widow twin engine, all-metal aircraft was used primarily as a night fighter by the United States Army Air Force squadrons in all theatres of world war two. It replaced earlier British-designed night-fighter aircraft that had been updated to incorporate radar when it became available. The P -61 Black Widow of the 548th NFS aircraft Lady in the Dark on the night of 14th August 1945, was unofficially credited with the last Allied air victory before victory over Japan was declared and the end of world war two.
Black Widow
Black Widow Artwork Collection |
 The Last to Fight by Craig Kodera. |   Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. |   Bite of the Black Widow by Stan Stokes. |
| Top Aces for : Black Widow | ||
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name. | ||
| Name | Victories | Info |
| Robert E Tierney | 5.00 | The signature of Robert E Tierney features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
