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Song Parodies -> "P-61 Black Widow"
Original Song Title:
"I Put a Spell on You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Parody Song Title:
"P-61 Black Widow"
Parody Written by:
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Lyrics
The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the largest and heaviest night fighter of WW2 with armament the heaviest among Allied night fighters (the German He-219 outgunned it). It first flew in May 1942 with many mock parts b/c it took time to develop the SCR-720 nose radar and the dorsal barbette with 4x .50 MGs. This caused the twin-boom plane to be delayed until 1944 when it was used in Europe (killing German a/c and also 9 V-1 flying bombs). But it excelled in the PTO against the Japanese and scored many kills. Over 700 of them were built and 3 aces were made, the P-61 able to fight smaller interceptors with its agility and heavy armament. It was powered by 2x 2000 hp P&W Double Wasp engines. Its Japanese rival was the Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Allied Codename NICK) which had good performace and armament but lacked a good radar set...
P-61 Black Widow
twin boom design
First flew in May of ‘42
Mock parts flyin’
Night fighter tryin’
Northrop couldn’t stand it
Germans prowlin’ ‘round
Needed a counter badly
Heavy night fighter to take ‘em down
P-61 Black Widow
twin boom design
Flew fine
With M-2s
With M-2s
With M-2s
And four .50s barbette
SCR radar
Search for enemies
Double Wasp set
Victories!
P-61 Black Widow
twin boom design
(fought well overseas)
twin boom design
First flew in May of ‘42
Mock parts flyin’
Night fighter tryin’
Northrop couldn’t stand it
Germans prowlin’ ‘round
Needed a counter badly
Heavy night fighter to take ‘em down
P-61 Black Widow
twin boom design
Flew fine
With M-2s
With M-2s
With M-2s
And four .50s barbette
SCR radar
Search for enemies
Double Wasp set
Victories!
P-61 Black Widow
twin boom design
(fought well overseas)
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/northrop-p61-blackwidow.jpg Ki-45 NICK: http://www.wwiivehicles.com/japan/aircraft/fighter/kawasaki-ki-45-toryu-nick-fighter/kawasaki-ki-45-toryu-nick-fighter-05.png
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A very distinctive looking plane, most were painted black for night fighting. Weren't some of these used for fighting forest fires after the war?
When I was young, I used to buy models and aircraft magazines (Wings & Airpower, later Japanese and Euro-RAIDS). I liked the P-61 a lot, but favored the He-219 Uhu as ultimate night fighter. The Me Bf 110 was a loser in the Battle of Britain, but turned into a decent night fighter with exhaust dampeners, oblique cannon. and Spanner IR equipment! One He-219 tested a BMW 003 jet engine slung underbelly and had to fight several times. Here is a artist pic of it (the only real pic found is of the slung engine wind tunnel testing, not the entire aircraft):
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/He219/He219_1.jpg
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