Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Douglas TBD Devastator

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  13. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    0:01Judge interwar aircraft by their own generationChapter
  14. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    11:39The TBD introduced a cluster of carrier-aircraft firstsChapter
  15. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    16:12Midway losses came to define the DevastatorChapter
  16. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    19:47The TBD was a practical late-1930s three-seat aircraftChapter
  17. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    23:00Skipping replacement cycles created aviation technology debtNotable Point
  18. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    25:55Useful TBD performance was compromised by the Mark 13Chapter
  19. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    33:23Testing reshaped the TBD canopy and landing arrangementNotable Point
  20. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    36:57The Avenger replacement effort started too lateChapter
  21. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    42:47The TBD had a useful record before MidwayChapter
  22. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    52:18Midway's torpedo squadrons attacked without their planned escortChapter
  23. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    58:25Blaming the TBD obscured Midway's systemic failuresNotable Point
  24. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    1:03:27Aircraft reputations often follow one defining eventNotable Point
  25. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    1:06:35A bomb load might have changed the TBD attackNotable Point
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