P-61 Black Widow Hussin Hussy - Oil
by Tommy Anderson
Title
P-61 Black Widow Hussin Hussy - Oil
Artist
Tommy Anderson
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art Oil
Description
The squadron was established on 1 August 1943 as the 422d Night Fighter Squadron at Orlando AAB, Florida. The 422d was the first of the third group of dedicated night fighter squadrons trained by the Army Air Forces. The original plan had been for all three night fighter squadrons to be on combat status with P-61s by D-Day, however the first P-61 didn't arrive until the end of May, about two weeks before the planned D-Day invasion of France. With the arrival of the German V-1 Flying Bombs over England after the invasion, the squadron trained with their Black Widows by intercepting the flying bombs.
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July 19th, 2015
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