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night fighter

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noun

  1. an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He served in the Marine Corps in the Korean War, flying 54 missions as a night fighter pilot, according to NASA.

From Washington Post Jan. 5, 2023

Lieutenant Folsom, who was awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross, went on to a distinguished military career, commanding night fighter squadrons in battles over Okinawa and in the Korean War.

From New York Times Nov. 13, 2022

He said he saw a chain of light going from the German night fighter to a large black four-engine plane.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2013

"There's a night fighter on our tail," said a gunner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Luftwaffe night fighter pilot Josef Kociok himself was killed in air combat eight weeks later.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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