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 | | In March 1939, the U.S. Navy's (USN's) Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) completed a detailed Type Specification for a new carrier-based torpedo bomber to replace the Douglas TBD Devastator, q.v., and invited the aviation industry to bid on the design and construction of experimental aircraft. |
 | | The first production TBY-2 flew on 20 August 1944 and was delivered to the USN at the Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 7 November 1944 for testing. |
 | | By this time, every torpedo squadron in the USN was equipped with the TBF, or the Eastern Aircraft TBMm Avenger and the TBY was not needed. |
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