• A gray, twin-engine military airplane with a twin-boom tail flies low over a dark ocean.
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    The P-61 Black Widow is surely most beautiful when viewed from above—the better to see its magnificent wing and twin-boom configuration. It’s not surprising that this image, taken by famed aviation photographer Hans Groenhoff, was chosen as the cover for the October 1944 issue of Flying Aces magazine.

  • A gray, twin-engine military airplane with a twin-boom tail flies low over a dark ocean.

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January 01, 1942

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