The Helldiver’s poor manufacturing was a superficial problem relative to its fundamentally flawed design. The aircraft was ...

Many consider it to be one of the most disappointing aircraft in RAF service history. The Douglas TBD Devastator had a serious, and deadly, design flaw. The aircraft could only release its torpedo ...

Ensign Gay was assigned to the Torpedo 8 Squadron aboard the USS Hornet. He piloted a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. During the Battle of Midway, Gay was the first in his squadron to take off.

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

Meanwhile, hard on O’Hare’s heels in Lexington lore was a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless team ... located Shoho and dispatched 53 SBDs, 22 TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers and 18 F4F-3s to eliminate ...

BALTIMORE, March 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinclair today announced that TBD TV will rebrand as ROAR on April 28. The new name completes the network’s shift to broadcasting ground-breaking ...