P-61 or Reverse Lend Lease Mosquito

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Hm. can't say I've ever noticed a Pilot's Indicator actually installed in a Mossie, unless, perhaps it was done post war.
BTW, the pic in Post # 217 shows A.I. Mk.IV, so it's more likely that the aircraft is a Mosquito NF.II. The NFXII, as with the 'stop gap' NF.XII, used centimetric A.I. Mk.VIII.
I did read in two different places that such pics were extremely rare since it was a serious crime to take pictures of installed radar components during the war. Mostly because radar was such a closely guarded secret in those years even though both sides had it.
 
I think that is why we see so very few of them.

Also, in Britain at least, the same AI.X was fitted to Meteor NF.11s that replaced Mossie night fighters, as seen in the link posted above. The later Meat Box night fighters also had a US radar fitted, AN/APS-21.

(I knew this already; from my website: warbirds)
 

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