night fighter
Britishnoun
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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
Last week U.S. night fighter pilots based in France told a strange story of balls of fire which for more than a month have been following their planes at night over Germany.*
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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