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night fighter
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night fighter
n
(Military) an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night


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Thus, this book cannot fail to impress and add to the log of information on nightfighters.
Intruder raids struck German airbases in France, over 100 nightfighters hunted the raiders, and Jones' team tried to jam the guidance beams with countersignals.
Starting with the beginning of the war when equipment for locating enemy aircraft was relatively unsophisticated, he puts the spotlight on many of the 120,000 men and women who helped British nightfighters and anti-aircraft gunners by illuminating enemy aircraft.
 
 
 
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