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TBD Devastator
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TBD Devastator on Tarmac
TBD-1 Devastator Assembly
TBD-1 Devastator on the Ground
TBD-1 Devastator on Factory Floor
TBD-1 Devastator on Tarmac
TBD-1 Devastator with Wings Folded
TBD-1 Devastator on Tarmac
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XTBD-1 Devastator on Ground
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XTBD-1 Devastator Prototype on Tarmac
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The TBD Devastator was the Navy's first all-metal, monoplane torpedo bomber. It was also the Navy's first carrier-based plane to come with an enclosed cockpit, and the first to use main landing gear wheel brakes. While most carrier-based aircraft of the day had manually folded wings for storage aboard ship, the TBD featured hydraulic folding wings. The plane had a crew of three (pilot, bombardier and gunner) and carried a half-ton torpedo. It entered service with the fleet in 1937. An aircraft of advanced design in 1934, the Devastator was obsolete by 1942. Its first six months of combat would be its last. The TBD was withdrawn from front-line service in the summer of 1942, but continued in service as an advanced trainer until the end of the war. A total of 130 TBDs were built.
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BI224699
Boeing ID
sm23962
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1930s
aerial views
air to air
airplanes
bombers
day
exteriors
farmland
flying
flying in formation
full body views
historic production status
military
military livery
monoplanes
nobody
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propeller planes
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