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| P-61 Black Widow | ||
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| Powerplant | ||
| Engines: 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp | ||
| Power: 2000 hp each | ||
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| Bombs | ||
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.
