Aviation History - July 2016

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THERE WERE MANY NIGHT

FIGHTERS IN WORLD WAR II,

BUT ONLY TWO WERE DESIGNED

FROM THE GROUND UP TO PLAY

IN THE DARK: THE NORTHROP

P-61 BLACK WIDOW AND THE

RADAR-LADEN HEINKEL HE-219.

OWL BY DAY

An He-219A of I Gruppe,

NJG.1, shelters at Munster

Handorf air base during

the winter of 1944-45.