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(with thanks to Erich Brown for P-61 ETO operations log reports) The 425th NFS flew the P-61  night fighter in the ETO during 1944-45. ...

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As far as possible photographs that are not mine are posted here with permission; thank you to all contributors to 'Jet & Prop', especially photographers Tad Dippel, Neil Cotten and Nico Charpentier and the owner of the magnificent 'Avions' magazine, Michel Ledet. Images from Getty Images, the IWM and Roger Freeman collections are published here under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Licence. Occasionally some images on this site have been 'reposted' from facebook or ebay. They are used non-commercially in an educational context to depict historical events. If such is deemed necessary they can be removed on simple request. Contact me at falkeeins at aol.com. All rights reserved.

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