Why I Love P-61s.........

[Swiss Mustangs]

2nd YP-61-NO 41-18877 in flight



Martin

[Waltz41]

That's great stuff fellas. Very nice to see some pics of a very rare but awesome warbird. Thanks.

[CWBuff]

If there's a bird I like as much as the P-40 it's the P-61... great shots Martin!

Do you have higher-res versions of any of these?


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WOW nice stuff
THANKS

Steve

[Chris Brame]

This was a general's hack, thus the natural metal finish; note the odd shape of the national insignia.



From Sgt. Bud Seglin's album.

[Swiss Mustangs]

Do you have higher-res versions of any of these?

sure do - all the scans posted are from my originals....

Martin

[Mike]

These ones are a bit newer, but hope you don't mind me posting them here.

From my visit to Beijing in 1998. It's still got the guns in place.

[CWBuff]

These ones are a bit newer, but hope you don't mind me posting them here.

I know I don't mind... thanks for posting 'em!


Alrighty, I suppose I'll add a few here.

These first two are both 548th NFS ships and were sent to me by friends Don Miller (RIP) and Jim Ridge.

Click 'em for larger images...


P-61B 42-39408 'Lady in the Dark'




P-61 'Blackout Hostess'

Anyone have a serial number for this ship?




P-61A 42-5507

This is an image which can be found on the USAF website. The original is quite large, so I've reduced it to 2000 pixels in width and cleaned it up a tad.




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[CH2Tdriver]

Hmmm, night photo op session at MAAM WW2 weekend in a few years.....I'm thinking!

P-61A 422nd NFS 9th AF taxies out for a mission Dec. 1944

[Jan Hermkens]

here some more pictures of P-61B "Lady in the Dark" .

This plane was the example which I build as a RC modelplane from scratch and own plan. (3000 hours, including Plan, building Model, constructing own electric retracts, mouldings for cowls- canopies etc.)
Scale: 1 : 6,6. Span: 122" (3,10m). Weight: 42 lbs (18,5 kg). Engines: 2x 2.40 (40cm3) V-twin four stroke.
Winner of 10 International RC Scale contests all over europe, 2x European RC Scale Champion Star Cup.

regards,
Jan, the flying Dutchman

The original "Lady in the Dark".





The model "Lady in the Dark".



















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[ww2John]

Pretty bloody impressive RC Model.

Thanks for sharing pictures.

[Tom Crawford]

Beautiful construction...good to see some people are still using balsa...Thanks for posting the pictures...

[F3Hadlow]

Great aircraft

[Tripehound]

If anybody's interested, NASM/Udver-Hazy has finished their P-61 and it's on display. It's the turbocharged model, and I believe it was used for weather research. Original all-black finish still on it.

[tom d. friedman]

excellent workmanship!! you are quite talented jan!! looks like the real thing both airborne & on the ground!!