Naval Fighters Number Thirty Douglas XSB2D-1 & BTD-1 Destroyer

Bob Kowalski; Steve Ginter; Kowalski, Bob; Ginter, Steve

ISBN 10: 0942612302 / ISBN 13: 9780942612301

Published by Steve Ginter, Simi Valley, California, 1995

About this Item

49 pages. 200g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. A history of this aircraft, plus details of the 1/72 scale Resin esoteric kits, 1/200 scale epoxy resin produced.

Seller Inventory # 026161

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Naval Fighters Number Thirty Douglas XSB2D-1 & BTD-1 Destroyer
• Publisher: Steve Ginter, Simi Valley, California
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0942612302
• ISBN 13: 9780942612301
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Bob Kowalski continues the saga of the bomber Torpedo (BT) program and the similar Scout Bomber (SB) program with the obscure story of the Douglas XSB2D-1 and BTD-1 "Destroyer".

The United States was still at peace when the Navy issued a requirement for a design to serve with the fleet as both a successor to the SBD, which would be nearing obsolescence, and as a possible replacement for the SB2C, which was undergoing what can charitably be called a prolonged proportional development period. To meet this requirement, two prototypes of the SXB2D-1 were ordered by the Navy on June 30, 1941.