Keywords: XBT2D-1 09085 NAN10-46.jpg The first Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider in flight It made its first flight on 11 March 1945 The BT2D was redesignated AD in 1946 and A-1 in 1962 U S Navy Naval Aviation News October 1946 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1946/oct46 pdf 1945/46 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-1 Skyraider |