10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Douglas XSB2D Destroyer in flight: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. Douglas BTD Destroyer, Richard B. Russell Airport, Nov 2017: Thomson200· CC0
- 3. BTD1 Destroyer at the Museum of Flight, Dallas GA: John Phelan· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer c1945: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 5. Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer in flight in July 1944: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 6. Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer left side: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 7. Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer with at NAS Patuxent River in May 1946: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 8. Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer with at NAS Patuxent River on 26 June 1944: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 9. Douglas XSB2D Destroyer from below: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 10. Douglas XSB2D Destroyer landing: U.S. Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Douglas BTD Destroyer is an American dive/torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during World War II. A small number had been delivered before the end of the war, but none saw combat.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.6 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Top speed is 4.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1943
- introduced
- 1944
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- role
- dive bomber
- makers
- Douglas
- engines
- 1× Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
- crew
- 1
- length
- 11.8 m
- wingspan
- 14.6 m
- height
- 5.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,618 kg
- top speed
- 553 km/h
- cruise speed
- 302 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,193 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1252040, Wikipedia: Douglas BTD Destroyer (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.