U.S. NAVAL AVIATION RESOURCE CENTER > BOMBER/ATTACK > DEVASTATOR > PREVIOUS PAGE Douglas TBD Devastator Operators United States Navy – VT-2 used 58 Devastators between December 1937 and May 1942. – VT-3 used 71 Devastators between October 1937 and June 1942.     They starred in the 1941 movie Dive Bomber Douglas TBD-1 torpedo Plane (Bu. 0339), of Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3). At NAS North Island, CA, August 22, 1940. It is painted in McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8. Note .30 caliber machinegun in the plane's after cockpit. Original side markings, "3-T-?" can be faintly seen on the after fuselage through the badly weathered paint job. This aircraft was lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, while serving with Torpedo Squadron Two on USS Lexington (CV-2). (Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center) – VT-4 used 9 Devastators between December 1941 and September 1942. – VT-5 used 57 Devastators between February 1938 and June 1942. Douglas TBD-1 Torpedo Planes, of Torpedo Squadron Five (VT-5), parked on the after flight deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, California, in June 1940. Three of these aircraft are painted in an experimental color scheme used during Fleet Problem XXI. (Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center) – VT-6 used 62 Devastators between April 1938 and June 1942. Douglas TBD-1 Devastator drops a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, October 20, 1941. This plane is aircraft number 6-T-4 of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6), based on USS Enterprise (CV-6). (Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center) – VT-7 used 5 Devastators between January 1942 and July 1942. – VT-8 used 23 Devastators between September 1941 and June 1942. – VB-4 used 3 Devastators between December 1941 and January 1942. – VS-42 used 3 Devastators between December 1940 and December 1941. – VS-71 used 8 Devastators between December 1940 and June 1942. – VS-72 used 2 Devastators in June 1941. – VU-3 used a single Devastator from January till May 1940. TBD from Torpedo Eight, T-5, taxiing up the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) circa 15 May 1942. (Source: U.S. Navy) United States Marine Corps – VMS-2 used a single Devastator, BuNo. 1518, from 26 March 1941 till 5 June 1941, loaned from VT-3. Sources: Wikipedia U.S. NAVAL AVIATION RESOURCE CENTER > BOMBER/ATTACK > DEVASTATOR > PREVIOUS PAGE