NIGHTHAWKS & BLACK WIDOWS: 13th Air Force Night Fighters in the South and Southwest Pacific, 1943-1945

Aerial night fighting against the Japanese in WWII demanded the merger of a special type of pilot and plane, such as the P-38 Lightnings, P-70 Nighthawks, and the P-61 Black Widows. This volume provides accounts of some of these harrowing missions, including the first solo night fighter raid over the highly defended Japanese base at Rabaul. Fully illus.