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NORTHROP P-61B BLACK WIDOW
1944
 
NIGHT FIGHTER
 
     
 
 
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DATA
 
 
NORTHROP P-61B BLACK WIDOW
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 NIGHT FIGHTER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1944
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 AUGUST 1944
NUMBER BUILT :
 450
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 66 ft 0 in (20.11 m)
LENGTH :
 49 ft 7 in (15.11 m)
HEIGHT :
 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
WING AREA :
 662 sq ft (61.49 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 22,000 lbs (9979 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 29,700 lbs (13472 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 38,000 lbs (17237 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 4 x 20 mm Cannons Housed Under Belly and 4 x .50-cal Machine Guns
 
 in Dorsal Turret
BOMB LOAD :
 6,400 lbs (2902 kg)
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-65 Double Wasp Radial Piston Engines,
 
 Rated at 2,000 hp
CREW :
 3 - Pilot, Co-Pilot/Gunner, and Radar Operator
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 366 mph (589 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6096 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 200 mph (322 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 93 mph (150 km/h)
CLIMB RATE :
 To 20,000 ft (6096 m) in 12 min
RANGE :
 1,010 miles (1625 km); 3,000 miles (4228 km) Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 33,100 ft (10089 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
 
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

Angelucci, Enzo; Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter - The Definitive Guide To American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. 1985. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

 
 
     
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