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| Keywords: FH-1 CVB-42 landing NAN9 46.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 Aviation News September 1946 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1946/Sep46 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 20192 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7239 003 1946-07-21 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell FH Phantom Aboard USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 Tail hooks aircraft Aircraft carrier landings | ||||
