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unusual facts about night fighters



Valentina Grizodubova

Grizodubova led her Regiment almost every night overcoming strong flak defences and Luftwaffe night fighters in Kursk, Orel and L'gov areas.


see also

Airborne collision avoidance system

Airborne Radar can detect the relative location of other aircraft, and has been in military use since World War II, when it was introduced to help night fighters (such as the de Havilland Mosquito and Messerschmitt Bf 110) locate bombers.

Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II

Two anti-aircraft positions at the Neckar and 14 German Junkers Ju 88 night fighters fought against the British bombers.

Leadenham Aerodrome

No. 90 Squadron RAF (1918-1919) detachment from Buckminster Aerodrome with Avro 504K night fighters.

RAF Hal Far

To deter any possible enemy attack, nine Spitfire IXs of N° 1435 Squadron, and six Mosquito night fighters of N° 256 Squadron, deployed to Hal Far from Grottaglie and Foggia respectively, two of the Mosquitos escorting the Prime Minister's Avro York transport aircraft outside Malta and into Luqa airfield on 29 January.

Wallace McIntosh

In July 1944, he shot down two German night fighters in a raid on Stuttgart and was awarded a Bar to his DFC in December 1944 at the end of his second tour of a further 23 operations.