Today we look at one of my all-time faves! It was the very first ‘designed from scratch’ nightfighter! But was it too late to contribute? Could the Allies have gotten along with the other improvised night fighters? Certainly, no plane is cooler and none have more rique nose art! Enjoy!
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Sweet, one of my favorite planes. Surprisingly maneuverable for its size, and all those cannons to just rip up anything in your way.
Also one of my favorites. A bomber-sized fighter. You didn´t mention the difficulties with the dorsal turret.
Well done. Thank you.
This has always been one of my favorites, ever since I saw it as a kid at Wright Pat. As well as the XB-70.
Luckily there was a1:32 plastic model kit available of this, and i have one in my stash!
I believe the first dedicated night fighter was the HE-219 "Uhu"?
Excellent video on an amazing aircraft, small error though at 18:50, the twin mustang is the F-82
Probably the coolest looking American plane from ww2. Was it better than the mosquito overall? Probably not, but if you had to be a night fighter pilot in ww2 I'd rather be in a black widow.
The Mid Atlantic Air Museum near Reading, Pennsylvania has one that they are restoring to airworthy. A very long term project but it’s starting to look like an airplane again. Will be great to finally see it fly someday.
I want one.
The two planes I love to own is a B25 Michael or the P61 ballack widdow
The british knew the germans were coming for coventry.But they could not risk letting the germans know they had broken the german code.Had they evacuated the town,the germans would have been suspicious.Thanks Greg for this great video.All of your videos are top shelf.😊
Sunk some Japanese shipping too.
Can’t you at least spell NORTHROP correctly?
That plane was plagued by issues..
Yes gizmos failed quite frequently on both sides.
Thats why American engineers switched to widgets toward the end of the war.
Stupid thing is after the war, American industry went back to gizmos.
batman was around in ww2. his first comic was in 1939
It was never effective or much use, let's be honest about this.
the CIA plane
The rugged and powerful Black Widows served as Hurricane hunters post war.
I made myself a Key Rack from scratch very faithful to the big warbird.
I got to visit and contribute to the MAAM restoration project.
Along with the Skyraider these brutes epitomize radial powered combat excellence.
My grandfather mentioned seeing these planes flying doing fleet defense at the end of the war, of course everyone was jumpy at the idea of kamikaze attacks so he said the pilot would have to drop a flare to illuminate the aircraft to indicate it was a friendly
Hellz yea, thx Brian 🤙🤙
I got to meet many of these guys who flew it back in the day, a very special group of guys and aircraft.
Good example of American not invented here syndrome. The USA was offered the Mosquito
Great video!
I made a model of one of the – it was a very cool airplane for its time.
I never knew they fought in Europe. I would think any of the good twin engine bomber could have been modified had the speed requirement been dropped.
Seeing the P-61, one of my favorite planes of the war, is one more reason for me to finally make that trip to the US Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson.
Designed as a nightfighter or not, it wasn't the nightfighter the Mosquito was and ALREADY HAD BEEN for three years. Sexy as hell, but probably a waste of resources. Underappreciated aspect of the Mossie's nightfighter role is that it spent the majority of it over enemy turf hunting THEIR nighfighters, aka hunting wolves, not cattle. Unique in the history of nightfighters.
There is an airframe under restoration in Pennsylvania. Seeing this in person at Reading airport, knowing it will fly again… Wow. What a machine.
With 4 20mms and 4 50 calibers , The bite is worthy of the Black Widow name