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P-61 Black Widow | P-61 Black Widow |
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Northrop P-61 | | Description |
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| Role | Night Fighter | | Crew | 3 | | Dimensions |
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| Length | | 49 ft 7 in | | Wingspan | | 66 ft 0 in | | Height | | 14 ft 8 in | | Wing area | | | | Weights |
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| Empty | | | | Loaded | | 35,855 lbs | | Maximum take-off | | | | Powerplant |
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| Engines: 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp | | | Power: 2000 hp each | | | | Performance |
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| Maximum speed | | 425 mph | | Combat range | | 1,200 miles | | Ferry range | | | | Service ceiling | | 46,200 ft | | Rate of climb | | | | Armament |
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| Guns | 4 20mm cannon in central section; 4 .50 machine guns in upper turret | | Bombs | | 6,400 lbs | The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first American aircraft designed specifically as a radar-equipped night fighter. 700 were built, and they saw service in the Pacific from May 1944 onwards and over Europe from June. They were designed to carry the centimetric SCR-720 radar, but took over three years of development work to perfect. Northrop also built a photo-reconnaissance version of the fighter called the F-15 Reporter.
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