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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
VT-4 used 9 Devastators between December 1941 and September 1942.
VT-5 used 57 Devastators between February 1938 and June 1942.
VT-6 used 62 Devastators between April 1938 and June 1942.
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.
United States Marine Corps
VMS-2 used a single Devastator, BuNo. 1518, from 26 March 1941 till 5 June 1941, loaned from VT-3.

TBD from Torpedo Eight, T-5, taxiing up the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8)
circa 15 May 1942. (Source: U.S. Navy)
Sources:
Wikipedia: Douglas TBD Devastator
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