Aircraft on display   Four P-61s are known to survive today. P-61B-1NO c/n 964 "42-39445", which crashed on 10 January 1945 on Mt. Cyclops in New Guinea, was recovered in 1991 by the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum of Reading, Pennsylvania. The aircraft has been undergoing a slow restoration since then with the intention of eventually returning it to flying condition, with the civilian registration "N550NF". When finished, it is expected to be over 70% new construction. As of February 2008, the center pod is complete and the tail booms have been connected to the inner wings. The aircraft is expected to be towable on its landing gear as soon as the engines are installed to counterbalance the tail weight. Retrieved: 19 March 2008. P-61B-15NO c/n 1234 "42-39715" is on outside display at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China. The official story is that one of the P-61s that were based in Sichuan Province during the war was turned over to the Chendu Institute of Aeronautical Engineering in 1947. When the Institute moved to its present location, it did not take this aircraft with them, instead shipping it to the Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Engineering in 1954. However, as both USAAF night fighter squadrons (426th, 427th) that served in China were deactivated in 1945, this may not be accurate.Fact|date=May 2008 An alternative explanation is that at the end of hostilities in 1945, the 427th was in the process of bringing their various detachments back to a central airfield for disposition of the aircraft and to start processing home. At one of the satellite airfields, two of the three P-61s were in need of maintenance. Reportedly, Chinese communist troops came onto the field and ordered the Americans to leave without their aircraft. This aircraft is in very poor condition and probably near the point of structural collapse.Fact|date=May 2008 The Chinese claim to have two additional P-61s in storage which they have offered for sale for $2,000,000. P-61C-1NO c/n 1376 "43-8330", belonging to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), "Smithsonian: National Air and Space Museum". Retrieved 19 May 2008] was delivered to the Army on 28 July 1945. By 18 October, this P-61 was flying at Ladd Field, Alaska, conducting cold weather tests where it remained until 30 March 1946. This airplane later moved to Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida, for participation in the National Thunderstorm Project. :Pinecastle personnel removed the guns and turret from "43-8330" in July 1946 to make room for new equipment. In September, the aircraft moved to Clinton County Army Air Base, Ohio, where it remained until January 1948. The Air Force then assigned the aircraft to the Flight Test Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; but after being declared surplus in 1950, it was stored it at Park Ridge, Illinois, on 3 October along with important aircraft destined for the National Air Museum. :NACA asked the Smithsonian to lend them the aircraft for use in another special program, designed to investigate how aerodynamic shapes behaved when dropped from high altitude. The Black Widow arrived at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, on 14 February 1951. When NACA returned the aircraft to the Smithsonian at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on 10 August, 1954, it had accumulated only 530 total flight hours. Smithsonian personnel trucked it to the Paul Garber Facility in Suitland, Maryland, later to be put on public display on 8 June 2006 at the museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington D.C..     P-61C-1NO c/n 1399 "43-8353" is currently on display at the USAFM in Dayton, Ohio. It is marked as P-61B-1NO "42-39468" and painted to represent "Moonlight Serenade" of the 550th Night Fighter Squadron. Donated to the museum in 1958 by the Tecumseh Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America in Springfield, Ohio, the aircraft recently had a reproduction turret installed, fabricated by the Museum's restoration team.

	In detail       Serial #: 42-39445 Construction #: - Civil Registration:   N550NF Model: P-61B Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2006       History: Delivered to USAAF as 42-39445, 19??. - Forced landing, 7000 ft up Cyclops mountain,    Dutch New Guinea, Jan. 10, 1945. Recovery attempted by MAAM, abandoned, 1985. Mid Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA, May 1988-2006. - Registered as N550NF. - Recovery completed, 1991. - Shipped to Reading, PA. - Restoration project. P-61B-1NO c/n 964 42-39445, which crashed on 10 January 1945 on Mt. Cyclops in New Guinea, was recovered in 1991 by the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum of Reading, Pennsylvania. The aircraft has been undergoing a slow restoration since then with the intention of eventually returning it to flying condition, with the civilian registration N550NF. When finished, it is expected to be over 70% new construction. As of February 2008, the center pod is complete and the tail booms have been connected to the inner wings. The aircraft is expected to be towable on its landing gear as soon as the engines are installed to counterbalance the tail weight.

	Serial #: 43-8330 Construction #: - Civil Registration:   None Model: P-61C-1-NO Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2006   History: Delivered to USAAF as 43-8330. - BOC: July 28, 1945 - SOC: Oct. 3, 1950. NASM, Washington, DC , August 10, 1954-2006. - Stored at Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD. - Moved to Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. P-61C-1NO c/n 1376 43-8330, belonging to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), was delivered to the Army on 28 July 1945. By 18 October, this P-61 was flying at Ladd Field, Alaska, conducting cold weather tests where it remained until 30 March 1946. This airplane later moved to Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida, for participation in the National Thunderstorm Project. Pinecastle personnel removed the guns and turret from 43-8330 in July 1946 to make room for new equipment. In September, the aircraft moved to Clinton County Army Air Base, Ohio, where it remained until January 1948. The Air Force then assigned the aircraft to the Flight Test Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; but after being declared surplus in 1950, it was stored it at Park Ridge, Illinois, on 3 October along with important aircraft destined for the National Air Museum. NACA asked the Smithsonian to lend them the aircraft for use in another special program, designed to investigate how aerodynamic shapes behaved when dropped from high altitude. The Black Widow arrived at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, on 14 February 1951. When NACA returned the aircraft to the Smithsonian at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on 10 August 1954, it had accumulated only 530 total flight hours. Smithsonian personnel trucked it to the Paul Garber Facility in Suitland, Maryland, later to be put on public display on 8 June 2006 at the museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington D.C.

	P-61C-1NO c/n 1399 43-8353 is currently on display at the USAFM in Dayton, Ohio. It is marked as P-61B-1NO 42-39468 and painted to represent "Moonlight Serenade" of the 550th Night Fighter Squadron. Donated to the museum in 1958 by the Tecumseh Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America in Springfield, Ohio, the aircraft recently had a reproduction turret installed, fabricated by the Museum's restoration team.   Serial #: 43-8353 Construction #: - Civil Registration:   None Model: P-61C Name: Moonlight Serenade Status: Displayed Last info: 2006   History: Delivered to USAAF as 43-8353, 19??. Boy Scouts Of America, Urbania, OH, 1958. USAFM, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, June 20, 1958-2006. - Displayed as 239468/Moonlight Serenade. - Painted as P-61B of 550th Night Fighter Squadron,    PTO, circa 1945.

	Serial #: - 42-39715 Construction #: - Civil Registration:   None Model: P-61C Name: None Status: Displayed Last info:2002 History: Beijing Aeronautical Institute, Beijing, China, 1987-2002. - Displayed as 7602. P-61B-15NO c/n 1234 42-39715 is on outside display at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China. The official story is that one of the P-61s that were based in Sichuan Province during the war was turned over to the Chendu Institute of Aeronautical Engineering in 1947. When the Institute moved to its present location, it did not take this aircraft with them, instead shipping it to the Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Engineering in 1954. At one of the satellite airfields, two of the three P-61s were in need of maintenance. Reportedly, Chinese communist troops came onto the field and ordered the Americans to leave without their aircraft. This aircraft is in very poor condition and probably near the point of structural collapse. The Chinese claim to have two additional P-61s in storage which they have offered for sale for $2,000,000.