Virtually impossible to be seen at night, painted all black and true to her name, P-61 Black Widow was a fighter you wouldn't wish to come across as a Luftwaffe squadron in the dead of night. Here, her twin turbosupercharged P&W R-2800-65W double wasp 18-cylinder radial engine come to a resounding roar as she responds in an eerily alluding tone.

Death awaited the Luftwaffe at night when I was around. My, my, what a delight it was to ensnare those Axis "flies" once they were caught on my radar.