MacArthur's Airmen P-61 “Black Widow”
| Manufacturer: |
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Northrup |
| Purpose: |
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Night Fighter |
| Number produced: |
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742 |
General characteristics
- Crew: 2-3 (pilot, radar operator, optional gunner)
- Length: 49 ft 7 in
- Wingspan: 66 ft 0 in
- Height: 14 ft 8 in
- Wing area: 662.36 ft²
- Empty weight: 23,450 lb
- Loaded weight: 29,700 lb
- Maximum takeoff weight: 36,200 lb
- Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-65W Double Wasp radial engines, 2,250 hp ea.
- Propellers: four-bladed Curtiss Electric propeller, 1 per engine
Performance
- Maximum speed: 318 knots
- Combat range: 530 nm
- Ferry range: 1,650 nm with four external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 33,100 ft
- Rate of climb: 2,540 ft/min
- Wing loading: 45 lb/ft²
Armament
- Guns:
- 4 × 20 mm Hispano M2 cannon in ventral fuselage
- 4 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns in upper turret
- Bombs:
- For ground attack, four bombs of up to 1,600 lb each or six 5 inch (127 mm) HVAR unguided rockets could be carried under the wings
- Some aircraft could also carry one 1,000 lb bomb under the fuselage.
Avionics
- SCR-720 (AI Mk.X) search radar
- SCR-695 tail warning radar
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