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TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy

By Tom Tullis , Barrett Tillman

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841760254, 1841760250
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
44 MB (45653892 bytes)
Series
Combat Aircraft 20
Pages
98\100
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
World War 2;Aviation;Military;Military History

Description

Osprey's title examining the TBD Devastator Units' short-lived participation in World War II (1939-1945). The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber. Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash with Japanese A6M Zero fighters. The aircraft was replaced by the Grumman Avenger weeks later.

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