The first aircraft to be purposely designed as a radar-equipped nightfigher; Northrop's P-61 Black Widow was heavily influenced by early RAF combat experience with radar-equipped aircraft in the years 1940/41 of World War II (1939-1945). Built essentially around the bulky Radiation Laboratory SCR-720 radar; which was mounted in the aircraft's nose; the P-61 proved to be the largest fighter ever produced for frontline service by the USAAF. Twin-engined and twin-boomed; the Black Widow was armed with a dorsal barbette of four 0.50-in Browning machine guns and two ventrally-mounted 20 mm cannon. This volume features all the frontline users of the mighty P-61; and includes many first-hand accounts from pilots and gunners who saw action in the Pacific; Mediterranean and Western Europe.
#1884288 in Books 1998-05Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 1.95 x 8.48 x 10.45l; #File Name: 1853672769600 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Resource; not a readBy Bookworm64This is NOT a book you read straight through. It's handy for looking up any fight's numbers in order to wargame; especially if you use miniatures; or really are doing a study on the Napoleonic Wars with the Revolutionary Wars tossed in. Essentially; you get this book; The Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars by Elting; a book on how (like Featherstone's) and you can wargame pretty much any size engagement; while learning how all the little fights can bleed one as dry as a big one. It is certainly revealing just how much fighting; and casualties; actually gets ignored in writing history of campaigns; and this book shows it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy David HortonVery detailed but not for the casual reader0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great for Napoleon War BuffsBy Barbara D. ZambranaThere is some very detailed data in "The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book:Actions and Losses in Personnel" for buffs who like to keep track of who won what battle. I received it in good time and condition and I got it for a good price. I am very satisfied - Thank Yoiu
