HobbyBoss 1/72 US P-61A Black Widow kit 87261

The American's started their night fighter program around 1940. The Army used the P-70 Havoc and Beaufighter to fight with the Japanese until the first 45 P-61 Black Widow's saw active service in October,1943.

The first 37 P-61 were installed with a four gun turret on the back of the fuselage and deleted on the following aircrafts.The first unit to take the P-61A into combat was the 6th Night-Fighter Squadron in Hawaii.The Black Widow soon replaced the Douglas P-70s and P-38J on 1 May 1944.

This plastic aircraft kit requires paint and glue to complete.