| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 43-8353 |
| Alternate Serial: | 38353 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Northrop P-61 Black Widow |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Northrop P-61 Black Widow |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop P-61C Black Widow |
| C/n (msn): | N1399 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Moonlight Serenade |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDWF IATA: - Local: DWF Other: - |
| Collection: | United States Air Force Museum |
| Photo Date: | August 1973 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 809625 |
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It was very difficult shooting in the dark corners of the USAF Museum on Kodachrome, but modern processing of the scan has produced this result. A Black Widow that was used for thunderstorm research from Clinton County AFB, OH and radar testing from Wright Field post-war, going to the Boy Scouts of America for display in Urbana, OH in 1949. Donated to USAFM in 1958 and painted as P-61B 42-39468 of the 55th Night Fighter Sqdn, scrapped at Clark in the Philippines in 1949. A few years after this shot, that serial was applied at the museum but it later reverted to the true identity for this frame This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 May 2025, and has since been viewed 109 times. |