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Old 1st November 2012, 17:05
Horst Weber Horst Weber is offline
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Re: Lightning night-fighters in Russia?

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Originally Posted by Nick Beale View Post
When I interviewed veterans of NSG 9 (operating over Italy) "Lightnings" was their generic term for Allied night fighters. I never found out why!
Since the twin-boom configuration of the P-61 had at night's low visibility much relationship with the twin-boom P-38 LIGHTNING.

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