Douglas Skyraider - Prototypes
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09085
- First Flight, March 18, 1945
- NATC, 1945
Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider/Bu. 09085 in flight, circa 1945.
[Source: US Navy Photo]
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09086
- Assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA, March 11, 1946 to September 4, 1947. Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider prototype Bu. 09086.
[Source: NACA Photo]
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09087
*1945: NAMC.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09088
- --info needed--
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09089
*1945: NATC.
*NADC Johnsville, PA.
*Dumped at NOTS China Lake, CA.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09090
*1945: NAMC.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09091
*1945: NATC.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09092
*1945: NATC.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09093
*1945-47: NATC.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09094
*NOTS Inyokern, CA.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09095
*1945: NavTorSta Newport, VA.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09096
*Converted to XBT2D-1P prototype.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09097
- --info needed--
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09098
*Converted to XBT2D-1N prototype.
*1948: NATC as 098.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09099
*Converted to XBT2D-1N prototype.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09100
*1948-49: VA-1L as SA-301.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09101
- --info needed--
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09102
*Currently preserved at NAS Oceana, VA.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09103
*Was in a dump at Fairless Hills, PA.
*Currently preserved in Newbury, OH.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09104
- --info needed--
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09105
- --info needed--
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09106
- --info needed--
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09107
*Converted to XBT2D-1W prototype.
*Converted to XAD-1W prototype.
*NATC.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09108
*Converted to XAD-2 prototype.
XBT2D-1 prototype/Bu. 09109
*Converted to XBT2D-1Q prototype.
Source(s):
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
