On March 18, 1945, the Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate took flight for the first time. Designed as a carrier-based torpedo bomber, ...

The next day, June 4, 1942, he led the squadron’s 15 Douglas TBD Devastators in a desperate ... Museum acquired the next best thing: the Devastator replica used in filming last year’s Midway.

in which the earlier aircraft was credited (along with the Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber) with sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers. But the Helldiver suffered from production delays ...