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| Keywords: Naval Aircraft Factory SBN-1 in flight over Washington D.C. in February 1942.jpg The first U S Navy SBN-1 scout bomber BuNo 1522 produced by the Naval Aircraft Factory in flight over Washington D C on 12 February 1942 Manufactured between 1940 and 1942 the SBN was the production version of the XSBA-1 designed by Brewster in 1934 The prototype flew in 1936 and in 1938 thirty SBN-1's were ordered from NAF Never used in combat the SBN served as a stateside trainer It equipped Torpedo Squadron 8 VT-8 in 1941 while that squadron was working up before reporting on board the aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8 The SBN illustrated is wearing the overall light gray pre-World War II camouflage ordered on 30 December 1940 and used until October 1941 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-403000/80-G-403253 html 80-G-403253 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-02-12 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Aircraft Factory SBN | ||||
