Queen of the Midnight Skies: The Story of America's Air Force Night Fighters

by Garry R. Pape

Book Overview

This new book chronicles not only the aptly named P-61 "Black Widow", but also the Douglas P-70 series, the P-38 night fighter variants, the Bristol Beaufighter, B-25s and the DeHavilland Mosquito - the proposed XA-26A and the P-39 nightfighters are also discussed. Historical accounts of American night fighter pilots, as well as the complets history of all night fighter squadrons formed during World War II are included, as is the development of radar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887404154
• ISBN13: 9780887404153
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.1"