night fighter

British  

noun

1. an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night

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Example Sentences

Andrew Rojas Hernandez, had served in the 421st Night Fighter Squadron during World War II. He had conducted many night missions in the Philippines as a radar operator on a P-61 Black Widow, a twin-engine fighter plane.

From Los Angeles Times

But when they turned for home, Irina saw a flash in the sky ahead of them and realized that it was a German night fighter aircraft.

From Literature

Mariya Smirnova, the squadron commander, noticed the silence and reasoned—correctly—that the only reason the antiaircraft guns would stop firing was because there must be German night fighter aircraft patrolling the sky.

From Literature

The German night fighter plane was picking off the line of Po-2s as they lumbered slowly into the waiting beams of the searchlights.

From Literature

The Luftwaffe night fighter pilot who was in the air that night was Josef Kociok.

From Literature