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JD-1 Invader
Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company
Operators: United States Navy
Number Built: 152
First Built: Mar 1945
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Type: Utility Aircraft
Wet Weight: 31,000 lbs
Length: 51' 3"
Height: 18' 6" (5.64 m)
Wingspan: 70' (21.34 m)
Wing Area: 540 Sq. Feet (50.17 m²)
Speed: 212 mph
Max Speed: 370 mph
Ceiling: 31,300 feet
Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-27
Horsepower: 2,000 each
Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons
Range:
Crew: 3
Passengers: 1
ARMAMENT
Nose Guns: None
Dorsal Turret: None
Ventral Turret: None
Payload: 4,000 lbs internal 2,000 lbs wing points
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See also: United_States_(Navy)

Notes: This plane was the first XJD-1 Prototype. It was a hard-nose version that had been stripped of its guns.
It was originally USAF 44-34217.

This plane served in squadrons VU-3, VU-4, and VU-7.

Operational History

16 Mar 1945 - Accepted in Naval Inventory from USAF stock. Assigned to VJ-4 at Chincoteague NAS.
Aug 1945 - Sent to Litchfield Park Storage Facility.
Sep 1945 - Sent to Overhaul & Repair Facility Norfolk for Minor Repairs. (Either it wasn't a high priority or they did a lot of work on the plane because it was at O&R Norfolk for 10 months.)
Jul 1946 - Sent to operational Pool at San Diego NAS.
Aug 1946 - Assigned to JV-7.
Aug 1947 - Assigned to operational Pool at San Diego NAS.
Oct 1947 - Assigned to operational Pool and Norfolk NAS.
3 Mar 1949 - Assigned to Overhaul & Repair Facility Norfolk.
1950 - In Operational Pool at Norfolk NAS.
May 1950 - Assigned to VU-4 with a status of "Combat Services" (A2) and then "Utility" (May 1951 - A8).
29 Jun 1951 - Assigned to Overhaul & Repair Facility Norfolk for Progressive Maintenance Conversion & (24 Sep 1951) Overhaul.
Feb 1952 - Assigned to VU-7 at Ream Field with status code of Utility (A8). VU-7 then moved to San Diego NAS.
1 Dec 1954 - Assigned to Overhaul & Repair Facility San Diego for overhaul.
27 Dec 1954 - Flown to Litchfield Park Storage Facility.
22 Dec 1955 - Flown to Overhaul & Repair Facility Norfolk.
26 Mar 1956 - Converted to JD-1DX while at Norfolk.
25 Sep 1956 - Converted from JD-1DX to JD-1D while at Norfolk.
5 Oct 1956 - Assigned to VU-4 at Chincoteague NAS.
28 Feb 1958 - Still at Chincoteague with VU-4.
5 Oct 1958 - Put in "Not-Aging" storage status with VU-4 at Chincoteague.
15 Oct 1958 - Brought back to Utility Status with VU-4.
24 Mar 1959 - Assigned to Overhaul & Repair Facility Norfolk for overhaul.
30 Nov 1959 - Assigned to VU-3 at Brown Field NAS as a JD-1D with Utility status.
31 May 1961 - VU-3 moved from Brown Field NAS to San Diego NAS.
28 Jan 1962 - VU-3 moved from San Diego NAS to North Island NAS.
29 Jan 1962 - Flown to Litchfield Park Storage Facility. Awaiting decision to Strike, service life ended. Still in flyable condition.
16 Nov 1962 - Struck from inventory with 4,080 hours of flight time logged.

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

No Known Crew at this time.

Disposition

Scrapped.

Sources

• US Navy Aircraft History Cards