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A night fighter (later known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor post-Second World War) is a largely historical term for a fighter or interceptor aircraft adapted or designed for effective use at night, during periods of adverse meteorological conditions, or in otherwise poor visibility.
The Night Fighters: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Robert Mitchum, Richard Harris, Anne Heywood, Dan O'Herlihy. In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermot O'Neill finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can he get out?
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Tay Garnett
- 1960-05
A Terrible Beauty (also known as The Night Fighters) is a 1960 drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Robert Mitchum, Anne Heywood, Dan O'Herlihy and Richard Harris. It was adapted from a 1958 novel of the same name written by Arthur Roth.
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A Feared Nazi Night Fighter Is Being Restored 70 Years Later. The Heinkel He 219 will soon have its nose-mounted radar back.
The Night Fighters is a look at the conflicted loyalties that trouble the daring young IRA recruit Dermot O'Neill (Robert Mitchum) who comes to realize that some of his IRA cohorts are seriously misguided, and that the Nazis aren't to be trusted as allies.
- Tay Garnett, Frank Ernst
- Robert Mitchum
Robert Bernier. July 2014. With sophisticated radar, the Douglas Skyknight flew night escort missions, giving Navy and Marine aviators the ability to follow the cardinal rule of fighter pilots:...
The men of the RAF who fought and won the desperate Battle of Britain in the latter half of 1940—hailed by Winston Churchill as the few towhom so many owed so much—were the world's first night fighter pilots. U. S. forces ran up against their first major night operational problem on Guadalcanal in 1942.
