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| Keywords: Curtiss XBTC-2 lifted by crane c1946.jpg A damaged U S Navy Curtiss XBTC-2 being lifted by a crane following a landing accident Among the aircraft procured by the Navy for evaluation as a bombing-torpedo aircraft the XBTC-2 was a single-seater that featured a 3 000 hp Pratt Whitney XR-4360-8A equipped with unique contrarotating propellers Curtiss-Wright received the contract for the aircraft on 31 December 1943 but the XBTC-2 did not take to the air for its maiden flight until July 1946 This was well after the first flights of the Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider and Martin XBTM-1 Mauler that were ultimately chosen to compete for the contract http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16033719 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 048 ca 1946 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Curtiss BTC | ||||
