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P-61 Past Photos Archive
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: April 2003 A nice shot of a restored P-61 on the tarmac.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: March 2003 Tabitha, a 422nd Night Fighter Squadron P-61, in her rivetment at Vannes, France.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: February 2003 Two color shots of P-61As in flight.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: January 2003 A Northrop P-61E (No. 42-39549) shown in 1945. The E variant was two conversions removed from the P-61B (prominent differences were a deleted radar operator's compartment and top turret and the inclusion of side-by-side seats under a bubble canopy).
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: December 2002 A P-61 Black Widow (right) tows a P-51D Mustang to be released at altitude in order to perform a dive test on the Mustang with its propeller removed. The point of the experiment is to see how much drag is reduced without the propeller on the aircraft. (Photo courtesy University of Idaho; click to enlarge.)
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: November 2002 A 13th USAAF Widow buzzes the strip on the Philippine island of Palawan.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: October 2002 A Black Widow streaks over the ocean.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: September 2002 Four P-61s fly over a U.S. airfield.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: August 2002 A Black Widow landing on Iwo Jima.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: July 2002 This war-weary Widow looks in need of a fresh coat of black paint.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: June 2002 A Black Widow undergoing repairs somewhere in the Pacific.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: May 2002 A P-61 banks over the California mountains during a training flight.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: April 2002 A P-61 on the apron.
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: March 2002 Black Widow night fighters, so-called owing to the black paint used to conceal them in night flight, are off-loaded from a supply ship after the long voyage from California to the Western Pacific. They will be taken to a nearby 13th USAAF assembly strip, tested, and put into combat against the Japanese. (Original WirePhoto courtesy the Associated Press via the Army Air Forces; click to enlarge.)
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: February 2002 Three P-61 night fighters are silhouetted against a thunderhead prior to separating and penetrating the thunderstorm at three different levels for meteorological readings. These planes were an intrinsic part of "The Thunderstorm Project" in 1948. (Photo courtesy NOAA; click to enlarge.)
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Black Widow Photo of the Month: January 2002 P-61s on patrol over Saipan, 1944. (Photo by Jean Desclos via Warren Thompson; click to enlarge.)
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