This Black Widow was presented to the museum by the Tecumseh Council, Boy Scouts of America, Springfield, Ohio, in 1958. It is painted and marked as a P-61B assigned to the 550th Night Fighter Squadron serving in the Pacific in 1945.
Northrop P-61C
Black Widow
The heavily-armed Black Widow was the U.S.'s first aircraft specifically designed as a night-fighter. During World War II, Northrop built about 700 P-61s; 41 of these were C models manufactured in the summer of 1945. They offered greater speed and were capable of operating at higher altitude. A P-61 scored the last kill of WW2 when its pray dove into the sea trying to get away.