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    The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy. Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937...
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  • Copper Three Busy Debras, an American comedy television series Douglas TBD Devastator, a WWII torpedo aircraft Torpedo boat destroyer, the forerunner...
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    faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the American Douglas TBD Devastator monoplane (the U.S. Navy's first all-metal, carrier-borne monoplane...
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    Commander) George Henry Gay Jr. (March 8, 1917 – October 21, 1994) was a Douglas TBD Devastator pilot in United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operating from the...
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  • Dixon, bombardier Tony Pastula and radioman Gene Aldrich, flying a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, encounter...
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  • with Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless dive bombers, Fighting Six (VF-6) with Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, and Torpedo Six (VT-6) with Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo...
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    designed "pattern camouflage" schemes for US Navy aircraft such as the Douglas TBD Devastator and the Brewster F2A Buffalo to make it difficult for the enemy...
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    1942 was the Douglas TBD Devastator, first flown in 1935 and embarked on carriers of the Pacific Fleet in 1937. On 7 May 1942, Devastators sank the Japanese...
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  • both the new, high-performing Grumman TBF Avenger and the obsolete Douglas TBD Devastator were slaughtered as they tried to deliver their torpedoes at Midway...
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    came during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. Flying obsolete Douglas TBD Devastators, all of Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron's fifteen planes were...
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  • Dauntless (1938) Douglas XT-30 Douglas T2D (1927) Douglas XT3D (1931) Douglas TBD Devastator (1935) Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (1945) Douglas World Cruiser...
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    the National Naval Aviation Museum is the Douglas TBD Devastator. The firm located one of these aircraft, TBD-1 BuNo.0377, lost off the San Diego coast...
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    people gather each year. Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas A-3 Skywarrior Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Douglas SBD Dauntless Douglas TBD Devastator (replica) Grumman A-6...
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    Fairey Swordfish Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Douglas TBD Devastator Fieseler Fi 167 Nakajima B5N Related lists List of aircraft of World...
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    on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020. Blair 1975, p. 238 "Douglas TBD Devastator Torpedo Bomber (1937)". Military Factory. Archived from the original...
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  • R5D - Transport Douglas SBD Dauntless - Carrier-based dive bomber Douglas TBD Devastator - Carrier-based torpedo bomber Fairchild JK - Liaison Fairchild...
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    Douglas TBD Devastator of VT-6 from the carrier USS Enterprise over Wake Island...
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    Dauntless scout bombers (Lt. Cmdr. William O. Burch, Jr.) VT-5: 13 TBD Devastator torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Joe Taylor) Lexington (Capt. Frederick C...
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  • 1949 342 Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber 1935 retired 1943 257 Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber 1935 retired 1944 130 Northrop A-17 attack bomber...
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    Douglas TBD Devastator making a practice drop with a Mark 13 torpedo, October 20, 1941...
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    carrier Shoho and damaged the fleet carrier Shokaku together with Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers. On 5 April 1942, the heavy cruisers HMS Cornwall...
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    modified after the war, it remained in use until the 1960s. The Douglas TBD Devastator, the U.S. Navy's main torpedo bomber introduced in 1935, was obsolete...
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    variants of Bristol Beaufort Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-3 Douglas DB-7 – early variants only Douglas TBD Devastator FFVS J 22 – "emergency fighter";...
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    (sunk) 25 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters 37 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers (13 lost) Task Force 16:...
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    Lexington- 35 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, 12 Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers, 19 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters; Yorktown- 35 SBD, 10 TBD, 17 F4F-3...
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    the first airborne torpedo attack in U.S. naval history. His nine Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers attacked Japanese shipping at Kwajalein Atoll in...
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    and cancelled. In 1939, Douglas designers Ed Heinemann and Bob Donovan began work on a VTB Proposal to replace the TBD Devastator torpedo bomber. In 1942...
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    consisted of 13 Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters, 42 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, and 11 Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers. The ship also carried 14...
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  • observation Douglas O-35 observation/bomber Douglas O-38 observation Douglas O-43 observation Douglas O-46 observation Douglas T2D torpedo bomber Douglas TBD Devastator...
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    Grumman TBF Avenger could mount the Norden, like the preceding Douglas TBD Devastator, but combat use was disappointing and eventually described as "hopeless"...
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