Moonlight Serenade is a piece of digital artwork by Dale Jackson which was uploaded on November 18th, 2014.
Moonlight Serenade
Moonlight Serenade, a P-61B-1-NO Black Widow, number, 42-39468 of the 13th AF, 550th NFS, November 1944. It is portrayed here in a dramatic night... more
by Dale Jackson
Title
Moonlight Serenade
Artist
Dale Jackson
Medium
Digital Art
Description
"Moonlight Serenade", a P-61B-1-NO "Black Widow", number, 42-39468 of the 13th AF, 550th NFS, November 1944. It is portrayed here in a dramatic night scene over a moonlit night over the Pacific Ocean on the hunt for enemy aircraft. The P-61 Black Widow, named for the American spider, was the first operational U.S. military aircraft designed specifically for night interception of opposing aircraft, and was the first aircraft specifically designed to use radar. The P-61 had a crew of three: pilot, gunner, and radar operator. It was armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano M2 forward firing cannons mounted in the lower fuselage, and four .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns.
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November 18th, 2014
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Comments (7)
Douglas Castleman
Nice work, Dale! Night scenes like this might be the most difficult to accomplish, but you sure did. Interesting subject too...I remember my father telling me that during the war he saw a mock dogfight between a P-38L and a P-61, and the night fighter won, using its big wing flaps to turn tighter.
Dale Jackson replied:
They are difficult for sure! I haven't done many night scenes. Especially difficult when the Black Widow is so dark too. Interesting story on that P-61 vs. P-38, I can believe it!
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