Northrop P-61B Black Widow Diecast Model USAAF 418th NFS, #42-39586 "Black Panther", Pacific Theater, 1944 AF1-00090B 1:72

Air Force 1 Models 1:72 military die-cast models Northrop P-61B Black Widow Diecast Model USAAF 418th NFS, #42-39586 "Black Panther", Pacific Theater, 1944 AF1-00090B 1:72 Scale Ready to display on the included metal stand, it has an 11" wingspan and Lengh is 8.25" . P-61B #42-39586 wore nose-art bearing the name "Black Panther" and was crewed in the Pacific Theater by Lt. Stan Logan and Lt. George Kamallan with the 418th Night Fighter Squadron. The 418th Night Fighter Squadron was formed in 1943. After training, it was deployed to Fifth Air Force and ordered to New Guinea to provide air defense interceptor protection against Japanese night air raids on USAAF airfields. It later served in the Philippines Campaign where in addition to night interceptor missions it also flew day and night interdiction missions against enemy troop movements, brides and other targets of opportunity. It later served in Occupied Japan and Okinawa where it was inactivated in 1947. Northrop P-61B Black Widow The heavily-armed Black Widow—the United States' first aircraft specifically designed as a night-fighter—first flew on May 21st, 1942. The P-61 had four forward-firing 20mm cannons and a dorsal turret housing four .50-caliber machine guns. The radar equipment in its nose enabled its crew to locate and attack enemy aircraft in total darkness. The twin boom arrangements housed two Pratt & Whitney turbocharged engines and were joined at rear by a large plane and twin rudder formation. The pilot was seated in the main fuselage, with the gunner immediately behind him and the radar operator at the rear of the gondola