TBD Devastator | World War Photos

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: 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 24 Feb 1942

: 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:

Douglas TBD-1 “Devastator” – B.R. Jackson, T.E. Doll, James Dietz; Tab Books 1972
U.S. Navy Carrier Bombers of WWII: TBD Devastator, SBD Dauntless, SB2C Helldiver, TBF/TBM Avenger – Squadron/Signal Publications Aerodata International 6205, 1987
TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy – Barrett Tillman, Tom Tullis; Osprey Combat Aircraft 20
Douglas TBD Devastator, SBD Dauntless – Wydawnictwo Militaria 119 (Polish/English)
TBD Devastator in action – Al Adcock, Squadron/Signal Publications Aircraft 97
The Douglas TBD Devastator – Thomas E. Doll; Aircraft Profile Number 171
US Navy Aircraft Camouflage & Markings 1940-1945 – Thomas E. Doll; Squadron/Signal Publications 6087
Flight Deck: WWII US Navy Carrier Operation, 1940-1945 – Al Adcock, Squadron/Signal Publications
United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 – Gordon Swanborough, Peter M Bowers
Navy Air Colors: United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Aircraft Camouflage and Markings, Vol. 1, 1911-1945 – Thomas E. Doll, Barkley R. Jackson; Squadron/Signal Publications 6159
The Official Monogram U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, Vol 2: 1940-1949 – John M. Elliott, Monogram Aviation Publications 1989
R. Johnson – United States Naval Aviation, 1919-1941: Aircraft, Airships and Ships Between the Wars
Steve Ginter – Douglas TBD Devastator, Naval Fighters number 71
Craig L. Symonds – The Battle of Midway
Charles River Editors – The Battle of the Coral Sea: The History and Legacy of World War II’s First Major Battle Between Aircraft Carriers
Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully – Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Stephen L. Moore – Pacific Payback: The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway