Night Hawks and Black WidowsAerial night fighting against the Japanese in World War II demanded the merger of a special type of pilot and plane. This is the story of those pilots who risked their lives night after night flying P 38 Lightnings, P 70 Nighthawks, and P 61 Black Widows Americas first purposely designed night fighter for the 13th Air Force in the South and Southwest Pacific between 1943 and 1945. Night fighting included aerial intercepts of Japanese aircraft as well