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The P-61 Black Widow flew night missions. They put lights on it,so they could search for enemy targets while they were flying. It could have a pilot, a radar operator,and a gunner. Its wings were 66 ft. from tip to tip. The P-38 Lightning has two engines and two tails. It was the first American plane that destroyed a German aircraft during World War II. They called it the forked-tail devil. The P-63 King cobra was built 3,600 times by the Allies, and the United States never used it in battle. Russia used about 2,000, and France used about 300. They also carried rockets. The Curtis P-40 Warhawk was built by the United States more than 13,000 times during World War II. They shot down 286 Japanese airplanes. The Warhawk had shark teeth painted on the plane's noses. |
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