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Meet the P-61 Black Widow: The Best WWII Fighter You Never Heard Of

Key Points and Summary - The P-61 Black Widow was America's first purpose-built night fighter, a heavily armed, twin-engine aircraft equipped with revolutionary airborne radar. -Conceived after ...
The National Interest

The P-61 Black Widow Was a Night Predator

Though it came late to the Second World War, the P-61 marked an important advance in the history of military aviation. During the final years of World War II, several advances in military technology ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A P-61 Black Widow Pilot Finds a Way to Survive the Horrors of War.

A son discovers the emotional complexities of his father’s service In World War II. Diane Tedeschi Black Widows were deployed to bases across the Pacific, including the Marianas Islands. National ...
PBS

Wings of the Past: Discovering the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum preserves aviation history by restoring WWII aircraft, including a rare P-61 Black Widow and a B-25 Mitchell bomber. Learn about the six-year mission to recover a P-61 from ...