Keywords: XFD-1 CVB-42 trials1946.jpg On 21 July 1946 Lt Cmdr James Davidson USN conducted the first trials of the McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom fighter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVB-42 He made several landings and takeoffs without catapult In 1947 the company letter of McDonnell was changed by the U S Navy from D to H and the FD consequently became the FH fighter U S Navy Naval History Center USN photo no 1053790 http //www history navy mil/avh-1910/PART06 PDF; 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 53506 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2011 003 279 009 1946-07-21 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell FH Phantom Aboard USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 |