The Douglas Dagger (pre-war USN fighter)

**Spinners** · July 23, 2016

Douglas F2D-2 Dagger - VF-2 'Flying Chiefs', US Navy, 1941

+**daddyairplanes** · July 23, 2016

of course later the Navy would claim the Japanese copied the design! :biggrin:

+**Stary** · July 23, 2016

first two pictures I was like "oh Texans"

**charlielima** · July 23, 2016

I knew it !

The Japanese did steel the design from us.

Or did a shady Dept of State apointee sell it to them .

Hmmmm.

CL

Edited July 23, 2016 by charlielima

**Mike Dora** · July 24, 2016

I suppose this would have turned the early Pacific air war into a Zero-sum game?

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