Northrop P-61/F-15 Black Widow

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Production list courtesy of Simon Beck , www.uswarplanes.net
 
 
 
P-61 SERVICE
Manufacturer: Northrop Aircraft Inc., Hawthorne, California, USA
Model: NS-8A
Designations: P-61; F-15, F-61, F2T, R-15
Names: Black Widow; Reporter (F-15)
First official flight: (XP-61) 26/05/1942
Factory production period: 1942 - 1947
Primary service period: 1943 - 1949
Last official flight: (RF-61C) 1952

P-61 VARIANTS

1942 Model NS-8A XP-61 2
1943 Model NS-8A YP-61 13 Total: 015
1943 Model NS-8A P-61A 200
1944 Model NS-8A P-61B 450
1945 Model NS-8A P-61C 41 Total: 691
1946 Model NS-8A F-15A 36 Total: 036

Grand Total: 742

P-61 PRODUCTION

XP-61
Prototype night-fighter, twin engine, twin boom.
Produced 1942
Northrop Hawthorne, California (NO)

41-19509, 41-19510

Total: 002

YP-61
As XP-61, service test aircraft, engine upgrade.
Produced 1943
Northrop Hawthorne, California (NO)

41-18876 / 41-18888

Total: 013

P-61A
As YP-61, revised canopy, last 155 with engine upgrade,
last 163 without top turret, combat modifications.
Redesignated as F-61A in 1948.
Produced
Northrop Hawthorne, California (NO)

42-5485 / 42-5634
42-39348 / 42-39397

Total: 200

P-61B
As P-61A, longer nose - radar upgrade, top turret
re-installed on later airframes.
Redesignated as F-61B in 1948.
Produced
Northrop Hawthorne, California (NO)

42-39398 / 42-39757
43-8231 / 43-8320

Total: 450

P-61C
As P-61B, engine / prop upgrade, air-brakes.
Redesignated as F-61C in 1948.
Produced
Northrop Hawthorne, California (NO)

43-8321 / 43-8361

Total: 041

551 additional airframes cancelled.

F-15A Reporter
As XF-15A, photo reconn. version, redesigned
nose section for cameras, unarmed.
Later redesignated R-15A, then RF-61C in 1948.
Produced 1946 - 1947
Northrop Hawthorne, California (NO)

45-59300 / 45-59335 3201 / 3236

Total: 036

139 additional airframes cancelled.

Grand Total: 742