File:McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom during trials aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), 21 July 1946 (USN 1053790).jpg

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English: 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.
Date 21 July 1946
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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USN 1053790
Source U.S. Navy photo in Grossnick, Roy A., and William J. Armstrong: United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1997; Chapter 6, The Cold War 1946–1949, p. 164.
Other versions U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. NNAM.2011.003.279.009

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