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| Keywords: Douglas XTBD-1 with bombs 1935.jpeg The U S Navy Douglas XTBD-1 Devastator BuNo 9720 with landing gear retracted and flaps raised pictured during a test flight at NAS Anacostia Washington D C USA Note the bombs underneath the fuselage Anacostia was the location of the U S Navy's flight testing during the period in which this photograph was taken This particular aircraft made its maiden flight on 15 April 1935 and underwent performance trials at NAS Anacostia NAS Norfolk and NPG Dahlgren Virginia USA until November 1935 After completing carrier trials on board USS Lexington CV-2 off the coast of California the aircraft returned to the Douglas plant in 1936 for overhaul and minor modifications including a redesigned canopy Returned to the U S Navy in December 1936 it was employed in flight testing until scrapped at NAS Norman Oklahoma on 10 September 1943 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 16033800 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 1028 1935 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas TBD Devastator | ||||
