#night fighter

[usafphantom5]

F4U-5NL Corsair

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[usafphantom8]

14 June 1943. 5 RAF Beaufighter night fighters from 141 Squadron make the first operational use of Serrate, an Allied radar detection and homing device, used to track enemy night fighters equipped with the earlier UHF-band BC and C-1 versions of WWII Lichtenstein radar.

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[usafphantom10]

BF110G-4 '.. +RS' of NJG1 in unusual daytime formation, 1944. Notice FuG220 antennas.

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[usafphantom11]

Grumman F7F Tigercat - Bad Kitty

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[nocternalrandomness]

"Moonlight Serenade" on the ramp at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio

[usafphantom2]

Northrop P-61A-1-NO Black Widow fighter, serial number 42-5570, from the 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 9th Air Force, U.S. Air Force, at Vannes Airfield. The aircraft was written off on July 27, 1944, after an accident. 1944

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[usafphantom-2]

Good morning, everyone.

A colorized version of a photo from around 1945 showing the night fighter "Gekkō" abandoned at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. Well then, let's do our best this week too.

The Nakajima J1N1 Gekkō (月光; moonlight) is a twin-engine aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. A prototype first flew in May 1941. The first full production variant of the Gekkō, the J1N1-C was a reconnaissance aircraft, although many of these underwent field modification into night fighters; in addition, a night fighter variant, the J1N1-S was later put into production. Towards the end of the war, J1N1 pilots also undertook kamikaze anti-shipping missions.[1] The Gekkō was given the Allied reporting name "Irving".

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[dronescapesvideos]

P-61A 42-5580 Wabash Cannon-Ball IV of the 425th Night Fighter Squadron. France, 1944.

➤P-61 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/EjfRv9vi0D0

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