2021年4月9日 · The Douglas TBD-1 Devastator was the frontline US Navy Torpedo Bomber in December 1941. It took the brunt of the fighting until Midway.

2024年11月28日 · Originating out of a requirement initiated by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in early 1934 for a new carrier-based torpedo plane, the Douglas XTBD-1 …

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator from the USS Enterprise CV-6 heading out for a raid on Wake Island on February 1942. Near the beginning of the new decade (1940), naval intelligence indicated …

The Douglas TBD-1 Devastator was the frontline US Navy Torpedo Bomber in December 1941. It took the brunt of the fighting until Midway.

The TBD-1 was a large single-engine aircraft with a large, distinctive “greenhouse” canopy. The wings folded upward for carrier stowage. The aircraft had a top speed of 206 miles per hour, …

2022年3月31日 · In Santa Monica, Donald Douglas’ design team got to work. The result was the XTBD-1 (Experi­mental Torpedo Bomber, Douglas), a three-seat, all-metal monoplane with …

2022年1月28日 · The Douglas TBD Devastator was classified as a torpedo bomber and served in the early half of World War 2 with the United States Navy. At the time of its inception, the TBD …

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator drops a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, October 20, 1941. This plane is aircraft number 6-T-4 of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6), based on USS …

The Douglas TBD-1 was the Navy's first widely-used monoplane shipboard plane. Designed to carry a heavy torpedo below the fuselage, it was necessarily a large aircraft and its 900 …

The Douglas TBD-1 was the Navy's first widely-used monoplane shipboard plane. Designed to carry a heavy torpedo below the fuselage, it was necessarily a large aircraft and its 900 …