Vic Balshaw
Major General
Username: Vic Balshaw
First name: Vic
Category: Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Great Wall Hobby No L4812
Extras: Eduard PE EDFE966, Detail Set. Eduard PE EDFE967, Seatbelts. Eduard Mask EDEX354, Paint Masks. Kelik K48008, Interior 3D Decals.
The Douglas TBD-1A was a modified TBD-1 mounted on floats. This was the first production TBD-1 off the line BuNo 0268. It was initially a test bed for the Netherlands Navy who had it in mind to purchase the type. However, events in Europe put paid to this happening and the aircraft was retained by the US Navy as a torpedo testing machine. It was often joked that the TBD-1A dropped more torpedoes in testing than the whole of the US fleet did in WWII. The TBD-1A operated out of Newport, Rhode Island from 1939, long before the US entered the war in December 1941.
First name: Vic
Category: Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Great Wall Hobby No L4812
Extras: Eduard PE EDFE966, Detail Set. Eduard PE EDFE967, Seatbelts. Eduard Mask EDEX354, Paint Masks. Kelik K48008, Interior 3D Decals.
The Douglas TBD-1A was a modified TBD-1 mounted on floats. This was the first production TBD-1 off the line BuNo 0268. It was initially a test bed for the Netherlands Navy who had it in mind to purchase the type. However, events in Europe put paid to this happening and the aircraft was retained by the US Navy as a torpedo testing machine. It was often joked that the TBD-1A dropped more torpedoes in testing than the whole of the US fleet did in WWII. The TBD-1A operated out of Newport, Rhode Island from 1939, long before the US entered the war in December 1941.
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