Friday, April 15, 2011

It Hapened an April 15

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April 15, 1935

First flight of the Douglas XTBD-1, the prototype of the TBD-1 Devastator, a three-seater torpedo bomber that will equip Americans aircraft carriers, USS Saratoga, USS Lexington, USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise, USS Wasp and USS Ranger from the beginning the Second World War.

Photo from the personal collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer. Via : www.jeunes-ailes.org


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