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    Night fighter / All-weather fighter A night fighter (later known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor post-Second World War) is a largely...
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    air superiority role, and these include the interceptor, heavy fighter, and night fighter. Since World War I, achieving and maintaining air superiority...
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    engines led to their replacement by the Mitsubishi Kasei in the P1Y2-S night-fighter version. The streamlined design of the Ginga is attributed to Miki Tadanao...
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    interception, when their AI night fighter brought down a Do 17 off Sussex. On 19 November 1940 the famous RAF night fighter ace John Cunningham shot down...
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  • theaters of operations. Though foo fighters initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the U.S. 415th Night Fighter Squadron, the term was also...
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    their niche as night fighters, especially in the bomber-destroyer role; or as fighter-bombers, roughly analogous to modern strike fighters. Among such conversions...
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  • night fighter aircraft early in World War II, in effect, all fighter aircraft that were not specifically modified for night combat were day fighters....
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    proved to be an effective night fighter. The first single-seat fighters to drop bombs were on the Western Front, when fighter patrols were issued with...
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    frontline fighter designs to fill the roles once reserved for specialised night/all-weather fighters. For daytime operations, conventional light fighters have...
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    designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet...
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