No. 20 TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy

{detailed description}Noteworthy for the fact that it was the first monoplane aircraft ordered for use by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber. First flown in April 1935, just 129 were built by Douglas. When it entered service in June 1937, it was the most modern aircraft of its type in service anywhere in the world. By the time of the Pearl Harbor raid in December 1941 the aircraft was thoroughly obsolete. However, as the navy's primary torpedo-bomber, it was thrown into the fray at the pivotal Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway in May and June 1942, and suffered terribly at the hands of Japanese carrier-based fighters. Few books have been published about the Devastator, and this title covers both its important pre-war service and its fateful contribution to the war in the Pacific.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Barrett Tillman
published by Osprey 2000 1st edn. 96pp profusely illustrated with b&w photos, scale drawings and colour artwork, appendices, 18x25 card covers
{condition}fine
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