Commanders Burch VS-5 and Taylor VT-5 aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5) after Tulagi Raid May 4, 1942
Early TBD-1 front view
TBD-1 of VT-6 from USS Enterprise over Wake Island 24 February 1942
Devastators of the VT-5 from the USS Yorktown
XTBD-1 Devastator
Devastators of VT-3 preparing to take off from the flight deck of USS Saratoga 1938
TBD-1A Devastator 2X-D1-1 BuNo 0268 1939 2
TBD-1A Devastator BuNo 0268 1939
TBD of the VT-3 with folded wings July 1938
Douglas TBD-1 BuNo 0268
Lexington-class aircraft carrier reloading crew rushing bombs to returning planes 1942
TBD 6-T-1 BuNo 0322 of VT-6 from USS Enterprise in flight
Devastators VT-5 from the USS Yorktown over California 1940
TBD 3-T-10 of the VT-3 BuNo 0370
XTBD-1 near NAS Anacostia October 14, 1935
TBD 3-T-12 from USS Saratoga, October 1941
Formation of Devastators of VT-5 March 1940
TBD BuNo 0362
XTBD-1 BuNo 9720, 1935
TBD-1 Devastators of the VT-6 are prepared for launching on USS Enterprise at about 0730, 4 June 1942 – Battle of Midway
Squadron commander of VT-6 in the flight with the squadron overhead 1938
TBD-1A at the Newport Torpedo Station Rhode Island 10 October 1941
Douglas TBD Devastator code 6-T-13 of the VT-6 in flight, 1941
Douglas TBD Devastator 6-T-1 of the VT-6 in flight, March 1939
TBD Devastator is painted in McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8 2
TBD is painted in McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 7
Lt Cdr Lance E. Massey commander of VT-3 in cockpit of TBD, 24 May 1942
TBD Devastator code 6-T-16 of the VT-6 in flight – 1939
TBD Devastator is painted in McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8
TBD 5-T-11 landing accident on USS Yorktown CV-5. September 1940
XTBD-1 Devastator 1936
TBD-1 torpedo mounting
Side view of the first production TBD-1 Devastator June 28, 1937
TBD-1 of the VT-4 from USS Ranger July 28, 1942
TBD-1 Devastators of VT-6 on the flight deck of USS Enterprise – Doolittle Raid April 11, 1942
TBD-1 Devastators of VT-6 lined up for launch, USS Enterprise on May 4, 1942
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator 5-T-7 of VT-5 in flight
TBD-1 Devastator of VT-5 undergoing maintenance at NAS Norfolk December 16, 1941
TBD-1 Devastators of VT-3 on aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga 1941
TBD Devastators coded 7-T-7 and 7-T-9 of the VT-7, wings folded, RNAS Hatston
XTBD-1 Devastator 9720 in flight over the Virginia countryside on July 12, 1935
TBD-1 Devastator USS Enterprise CV-6 1941
TBD Devastator during flight testing at Hamptom Roads
TBD Devastators 600, 602, 603 of the Naval Operational Training Command at NAS Miami in flight over Atlantic 1942
TBD-1 of VT-6 and F3F-2 of VF-6 and SBC-1 VS-6 in flight over Virginia
TBD-1 Devastator 5-T-7 of VT-5 in flight over Southern California November 16, 1939
TBD-1 Devastators 2-T-9, 2-T-7, 2-T-8 of Torpedo Squadron VT-2
The cockpit interior of a Douglas TBD Devastator
TBD-1 Devastator 0368 “black 5” of VT-6 from USS Enterprise over Wake Island
TBD-1 Devastators of VT-4 USS Ranger CV-4 in June 1942
TBD-1 Devastator front
TBD-1 Devastators of VT-2 in formation January 6, 1941
TBD assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Companys Santa Monica
TBD Devastators with wings folded – RNAS Hatston 1942
gunners cockpit in TBD Devastator
TBD-1 Devastator of VT-3 in a camouflaged revetment at NAS Kaneohe May 29, 1942
XTBD-1 Devastator in fight near NAS Anacostia October 14, 1935
TBD prepare to take off England
Douglas TBD Devastators of the VT-5
TBD-1 Devastator of VT-6 off the carrier Enterprise on the ground at Oakland California June 11, 1939
TBD Devastator torpedo bomber with its wing floats inflated 1937
Douglas TBD Devastator – American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy, ordered in 1934, which entered service in 1937.
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California.
Crew: pilot, torpedo officer (navigator) and gunner.
Power plant: Two-row, 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine Pratt & Whitney R-1830-64 (900 hp, 672 kW) driving a three-bladed Hamilton Standard variable-pitch propeller.
Armament: 1 x fixed forward firing 7,62 mm (.30 in) machine gun, one flexible 7,62 mm (.30 in) rear machine gun, and up to 454 kg (1,000 lbs.) of bombs or one torpedo carried externally.
Total produced: 130
Serials:
XTBD-1: 9720
TBD-1: 0268-0381 and 1505-1519
Bibliography:
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