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| Keywords: FH 1 CVB-42 takeoff NAN4 47.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 April 1947 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1947/Apr47 pdf 1946-07-21 USN thumb left PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell FH Phantom Aboard USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 Aircraft carrier take offs | ||||
