31.10.2010, 10:16
We have many pre war and early war planes but do not have the plane that flew in two of the early war carrier duels including arguably the most decisive naval engagement in history - Midway.
That would be the TBD-1 Devastator. This aircraft was slow and obsolete but it did participate successfully in the following 1942 missions:
Marshalls and Gilbert Raids Feb 42
Action off Rabaul Feb 42
Wake Raid Feb 42
Marcus [Minami Tori Shima] Raid Mar 42
Salamaua New Guinea Mar 42
Lae New Guinea Apr 42
Tulagi Raid Solomons May 42
Coral Sea [2 days] May 42
It would be nice to see this historic aircraft that paid the full measure at Midway [Jun 42]. In the meantime, the B5N Kate makes a suitable substitution with a TBD skin but it is disrespectful to those crews that died to fly a Japanese torpedo bomber [No disrespect intended to our Japanese shipmates].
That would be the TBD-1 Devastator. This aircraft was slow and obsolete but it did participate successfully in the following 1942 missions:
Marshalls and Gilbert Raids Feb 42
Action off Rabaul Feb 42
Wake Raid Feb 42
Marcus [Minami Tori Shima] Raid Mar 42
Salamaua New Guinea Mar 42
Lae New Guinea Apr 42
Tulagi Raid Solomons May 42
Coral Sea [2 days] May 42
It would be nice to see this historic aircraft that paid the full measure at Midway [Jun 42]. In the meantime, the B5N Kate makes a suitable substitution with a TBD skin but it is disrespectful to those crews that died to fly a Japanese torpedo bomber [No disrespect intended to our Japanese shipmates].