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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. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraft flying for the Navy, being the first metal monoplane in the United States Navy [1]; however, by the time of the US entry into World War 2, the TBD was already outdated.
Vought F4U-1 "Bird Cage" Corsair Bureau Number 02465 being lifted from Lake Michigan by A and T Recovery. A and T Recovery (Allan Olson and Taras Lyssenko) is an American company that has the primary purpose to locate and recover once lost World War II United States Navy aircraft for presentation to the American public. [2]
The Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (also known as the Devastator II) was a torpedo bomber intended for service with the United States Navy's Midway- and Essex-class aircraft carriers; it was too large for earlier decks.
English: The U.S. Navy Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) commanding officer's Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), photographed in 1938. This aircraft, Bureau Number 0322, was lost in an accident at sea on about 10 March 1939.
The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American twin-engined heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company from their DC-2 as a replacement for the Martin B-10.
English: A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo plane assigned to Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) flies over Wake Island during Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942. Note fires burning in the lower center.
Bombing Six (VB-6) was equipped 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 bombers. The fourth squadron, Scouting Six (VS-6) also had the SBD-2 Dauntless, but was more focused on the scout bomber role.
A Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, BuNo 0335, [203] '6-T-14', [204] of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6), from USS Enterprise, [205] piloted by Chief Harold F. Dixon, becomes lost while on patrol, and ditches in the South Pacific when fuel is exhausted. A search the next day fails to spot them.