Douglas SB2D / BTD Destroyer

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From a trip to the NHHC a bit back...I only scanned these in at 300 DPI, so they're not as big as they could be. :'(
 

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Re: Douglas BTD Destroyer

One last dump:
 

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Re: Douglas BTD Destroyer

These are fabulous! Thanks a lot for sharing.
 
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That's interesting: The long dorsal fairing ahead of the tail suggests prototype had handling issues...
 
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Nik said:
That's interesting: The long dorsal fairing ahead of the tail suggests prototype had handling issues...
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Hardly surprising if you consider the original configuration...
 

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Re: Douglas BTD Destroyer

Yes - the elimination of the gunner and gun turrets did the trick. Very nice photographs! -SP
 
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Excellent set of photos - thanks!

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 
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A little on BTD-2; but not much:
 

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Re: Douglas BTD Destroyer

Ha! Ryan, I was about to dig into my best book on naval Douglas types, and there you go... your scan is from that very book!

Here's the XSB2D-1 and the BTD-1 from the same book: 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation 1911-1961 - Souvenir Issue, Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., Jan-Feb 1962.
 

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Re: Douglas BTD Destroyer

Stargazer2006 said:
Ha! Ryan, I was about to dig into my best book on naval Douglas types, and there you go... your scan is from that very book!
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Even more HA! since that was a xerox in the BTD folder in the NHHC files!
 

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