eBay: Northrop P-61 Black Widow

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aircraft photo P-61 Black Widow - US Air Force - | eBay

 

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[Snautzer01]

aircraft photo Northrop P-61 Black Widow US Air Force - US Navy | eBay

 

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

AVIATION PHOTO ORIGINALE AVION NORTHROP P-61 BLACK WIDOW AVEC NOSE ART | eBay

 

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

WWII 418TH NIGHT FIGHTER SQDN P-61 BLACK WIDOW ACE CARROLL SMITH SIGNED B&W 8x10 | eBay

 

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*WWII photo- P 61 Black Widow Night Fighter plane Parked on Airfield* 2 | eBay

 

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*WWII photo- P 61 Black Widow Night Fighter plane Parked on Airfield* 1 | eBay

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Donivanp]

Great thread on the Black Widow. I have need of photos of 42-5534 Shoo Shoo Baby and 42-5544 Lady Gen if any can be found.

 

[Navalwarrior]

Japan Occupation, Niigata

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Good shot. Note drop tanks.

 

[Navalwarrior]

PTO

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Wonder if this is the P-61 that shot down a B-29?

 

[Snautzer01]

Great thread on the Black Widow. I have need of photos of 42-5534 Shoo Shoo Baby and 42-5544 Lady Gen if any can be found.

Osprey P-61 Black Widow Units Of World War 2

 

[Navalwarrior]

1940s WWII USAAF aircraft 8x9 photo twin engineWalbash Cannon Ball IV airplane | eBay

Walbash Cannon Ball IV

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No gun pod!

 

[Snautzer01]

read the above text, at the time all delivered to Boeing for the B-29

 

[Snautzer01]

UPL 33301 | American Air Museum in Britain

P-61A 42-5544 of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron

 

[Dana Bell]

And so continues another myth - the turretless P-61s lost out to the greater needs of the B-29 (this in the Osprey page included above). Instead, the truth is that the P-61 turrets weren't working for a variety of reasons. Rather than install them, they were put on the shelf waiting for an effective fix. The B-29 folks noticed the "extra" turrets lying around and grabbed them - of course, there were mods necessary to the B-29 and the turret in order to marry them together...

Cheers,



Dana