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| Keywords: Douglas TBD assembly line 1938.jpeg U S Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers pictured in various stages of assembly at Douglas Aircraft Company's Santa Monica California USA plant Note that the aircraft already carry the markings of Torpedo Squadron 2 VT-2 which received its first delivery of Devastators in 1938 <br>The TBD-1 BuNo 0300 was lost with the USS Lexington CV-2 on 8 May 1942 BuNo 0301 was lost in a barrier crash 6 January 1939 Visible in the background is the DC-3-220A c/n 2023 This aircraft was assembled by Fokker and delivered to Czecnoslovakia as OK-AIE On 24 August 1939 it was taken over by the German Lufthansa as D-AAIE Mährisch-Ostrau Damaged on 14 August 1944 during a day attack on Echterdingen it was written off on 9 December 1944 The other plane seems to be an USAAF B-18 Bolo http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16036255 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 886 1938-01-07 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas TBD Devastator Aircraft assembly lines | ||||
