IMHO, one of the most incredible aircraft built during WWII.

@stevengrubb3291

4 жыл бұрын

I would say it's the most technologically advanced U.S. plane of WWII. The radar and remote control turret systems.

@lostinpa-dadenduro7555

4 жыл бұрын

I like this and the Tigercat a lot.

Just a beautiful airplane! My uncle Johnny used to work on these in England during the war.

It's an Absolutely Stunning Beautiful plane!

the original Black Widow. The first long range night fighter, but the Navy use the Hellcat with wing mounted radar as night fighter. Its first mission sneak inside Japanese Naval base in Rabaul

I built a model of that plane. It hangs from the ceiling in my shop. Cool plane.

4 жыл бұрын

Same here my friend. I’m 65 and my revell model that I made in my teens hangs in my garage.

@spreadeagled5654

4 жыл бұрын

72polara , I built a 1/48 Monogram model of the P-61 too. It’s a cool and unique plane.

Thanks , We Own The Night!

The dorsal turret looked fearsome, and was, but it caused such a huge amount of buffet that most P-61 missions were flown with it removed.

I don't know where or how you got your start but I love this channel.

@eamonwright7488

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was so happy when I discovered this channel. I wish I knew how he obtained all these gems.

@vasili1207

4 жыл бұрын

It's a classic film company.... you can get theses videos for free if you are an American citizen

My father was in the coast guard during WWII, on a AK "attack cargo" ship.....spoke about delivering P-61's to Guadalcanal, when I built the monagram model when I was younger.......I'm figuring around 1944.......

beautiful plane !!!!!

I have a very beautiful framed picture of one with a German plane in the background on fire. What is really cool the crew signed the back of it.

Looks like a B25 & a P38 had a big bouncing baby boy

One of my favorites. Actually # 3 in my ratings.

I think I've got it... what was that again?

Northrop did a booming business during the war.

outstanding!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow still remembered as my favorite model built as a teen

P38 on steroids. Curious if it could attain the speeds the P38 could. Dive brakes on it were to slow it to keep from shaking itself apart. What they didn't know was it was approaching the sound barrier.

By the end of the war, the nation with an undisturbed home front developed the best technology. And to this day we’ve maintained that tech edge to some extent across almost all forms of arms.

I was thinking it was going to demonstrate some Schräge Musik like firepower given the early description of the weapon placement.

@tomt373

Жыл бұрын

The British planners that specified it as a "turret fighter" had that in mind also.

Best part was that tiny bit at the end when they fired her guns. I wish there had been more of that. But, I understand the reason behind the clip.

Intimidating voice...he means business!

Just when I thought I'd seen everything....Something new....

There was a secret fly-off between the P-61 and the Mosquito in England in 1945. The P-61 spanked it, but the RAF had the results made classified... Oh, and John Wescott Meyers, the chief P-61 test pilot regularly outflew P-38s in mock combat.

@mcwhittman

4 жыл бұрын

What report is that ? Can you tell me where to find it , I must admit I’ve never exploits of the p61

@jacksonhudd3681

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and I bet you where there to witness it too!!

@justin36004

3 ай бұрын

@@jacksonhudd3681i bet he even flew it too.

The bird you did not want to face in the skies at night!

4 .50 cal M2 machine gins and 4 20 mm cannon, all firing straight ahead.

@johnnieangel99

4 жыл бұрын

The Dorsal .50's could be rotated. But yeah, All eight going off was pretty cool

Did somebody can check out if the narrator was the former US president Ronald Reagan? The voice is very similar. Thanks.

Black widow trucks should use this for Advertisement

It also carried internal bomb racks.

@glennvanxant9608

4 жыл бұрын

bombs were on external pylons

Who's the enemy?

Looks like a Fokker (dutch plane)

How would this compare to the P38?

@lwilton

4 жыл бұрын

Much bigger, different purpose to some extent. Different makers. The P38 Lightening was made by Lockheed. The P61 was made by Northrup. Factories were about 40 miles apart. The P38 was designed as a fighter. It had a single person crew, and (at least initially) no radar. It was primarily a day fighter, though of course used for other things. The P61 had a crew of three, the pilot, the radar operator, and the rear gunner. It was built around a nose radar in that big nose fairing. The P61 was specifically a night fighter.

@wirelessone2986

4 жыл бұрын

It also had huge Pratt and Whitney R2800's.

@localbod

4 жыл бұрын

@@lwilton *Northrop*

@localbod

4 жыл бұрын

The P-61 Black Widow was built specifically as a night fighter and was certainly the only allied aircraft that was originally designed for that role. And as the previous comment stated it was much bigger than the P-38 Lightning. However, the P-38 was used as a night fighter: The P‑38M, known as the "Night Fighter," (or Night Lightning) were modified P‑38Ls which were equipped with a state-of-the-art radar system, (an AN/APS-4 AI radar pod mounted under the nose on a modified bomb pylon). This model of the P‑38 was painted jet black and had flash guards on the armament to better hide in the night sky. The radar equipment was operated by a guy crammed in behind the pilot under the bubble canopy. Due to the limited quarters in the rear of the cockpit, really big guys were not the preferred operators for the radar. Where my parents live in North Yorkshire, England there's the site of an old RAF base (now a landscaped quarry with lake); RAF Scorton. The 425th NFS (night fighter squadron) was based there briefly before moving to France and then Belgium after D-day. I'm not sure, but I believe there were three squadrons there all equipped with the P-61. It must have been quite something to have seen those aircraft flying.

@donlove3741

4 жыл бұрын

@@lwilton actually the P stands for pursuit . P35,p38,p40,p51,p61 First american jet p59. P80

We should have chosen the YF-23, to have a new black widow in the air.

Heavy hitter

Do not really understand how it was used as opposing air forces tended not to fly at night.

@tomt373

Жыл бұрын

It was originally requested by the British in 1940 during the blitz by the Luftwaffe that had gone to night bombing London at night.

A-10... Hold my beer.

As I understand it, there are no examples of this aircraft currently flying.

@hertzair1186

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Scott : they restored one in Reading, PA, it may be flying now...

@LoneWolf051

4 жыл бұрын

@@hertzair1186 still a ways from flying but steady progress is being made

@ryanlaurie7322

4 жыл бұрын

You guys get at it! Get it done! Lots of extra time to work on it now! I want to see it in the air by the end of the week! At least I'll know what I'm looking for now....

@lwilton

4 жыл бұрын

@@hertzair1186 You can check on it at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum: www.maam.org.

@jcf20010

4 жыл бұрын

There is one on static display at the National Museum of the Air Force located in Dayton Ohio.

Of course at the same time Germany was rolling out jets and rockets.

@keyweststeve3509

4 жыл бұрын

...and losing the war.

Little known fact. This plane was first test flown by Scarlet Johannson.

@jumpinjojo

4 жыл бұрын

tommi atkins 😂😂

@dexlex5671

4 жыл бұрын

Open your mouth Tony, Ive got a fart for you

2 German pilots didnt like this upload!😁

全世界唯一的p-61實機.在中國大陸