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Douglas P-70

The P-70 was developed, in 1942, from the Douglas A-20 "Havoc" for use by the Army Air Corps to fill an urgent need for a night fighter until the first scheduled deliveries of the Northrop P-61 "Black Widow" in 1943.
The British first used the modified A-20 as a night fighter (Havoc II) and met with some success. The AAF followed suit and modified an A-20 by installing radar and four 20mm cannon in a fuselage pod. The glass nose section of the A-20 was simply painted black in a P-70.
When the P-61 deliveries began, the P-70s were gradually taken out of combat service and used primarily as trainers.

General characteristics P-70
Primary function	Nightfighter
Power plant	Two Wright R-2600-11 radial engines
Thrust	2x 1,600 HP		2x 1,193 kW
Wingspan	61.3 ft		18.69 m
Length	47.6 ft		14.50 m
Height	17.6 ft		5.36 m
Wingarea	464 sq ft		43.11 sq m
Weight	empty	16,045 lb	7,278 kg
	max.	21,283 lb	9,654 kg
Speed	329 mph		529 km/h
Ceiling	28,250 ft		8,611 m
Range	1,060 miles		1,706 km
Armament	4x 20mm cannon
Date deployed	1942
Number converted	240

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Last updated 01.10.2008