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CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments ix Author's Notes xi Origin and History of the Company 1 Donald Wills Douglas 2 James Smith McDonnell 4 Davis-Douglas Company 7 Douglas Company 10 Douglas Aircraft Company Inc Prior to World War II 14 Northrop Corporation 23 Douglas Aircraft Company Inc During World War II . 26 Douglas Aircraft Company Inc Since World War II . 30 McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 1939-66 41 McDonnell Company, 1966-67 47 McDonnell Douglas Corporation Since 1967 . 48 Aircraft designed and built by McDonnell Douglas and forebears: Davis-Douglas Cloudster 55 Douglas DT 59 Douglas World Cruiser 69 Douglas Observation Biplanes 76 Douglas C-l 96 Douglas Mailplanes (M Series) 99 Douglas Commuter 104 Douglas T2D and P2D 105 Douglas DA-1 Ill Douglas PD-1 112 McDonnell Doodlebug 116 Douglas Sinbad and Dolphin 118 Douglas Observation Monoplanes 127 Douglas O-35 and B-7 135 Douglas XT3D 140 Northrop Gamma 143 Douglas XFD-1 154 Northrop Delta 157 Douglas DC-1 165 Northrop XFT 173 Douglas XO2D-1 176 Douglas DC-2 178 Douglas YOA-5 and XP3D 192 Douglas TBD Devastator 196 Douglas B-I8B0I0 200 Northrop 3A 209 Northrop A-17 and Douglas 8A 210 Northrop BT-1 223 Northrop 5 228 Douglas DC-3 and Derivatives 230 Douglas DF 263 Douglas SBD and A-24 Dauntless 266 Douglas DC-4E 277 Douglas DB-7 and A-20 Havoc/Boston 281 Douglas DC-5 308 Douglas B-23 Dragon 313 Platt-LePageXR-1 317 Douglas XB-19 319 Douglas DC-4 Skymaster 325 Bowlus XCG-7 and XCG-8 346 Douglas A-26 (B-26) Invader 348 Douglas XSB2D-1 and BTD Destroyer 366 McDonnell XP-67 370 Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster 372 Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate 377 McDonnell FH-1 Phantom 380 Douglas AD (A-1) Sky raider 384 Douglas C-74 Globemaster I 406 Douglas DC-6 409 McDonnell XHJH-1 Whirlaway 420 Douglas XB-43 422 McDonnell F2H (F-2) Banshee 426 Douglas Cloudster II 432 Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak 434 McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry 440 Douglas F3D(F-lO)Skyknight 442 Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket 447 McDonnell XF-85 Goblin 456 McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo 460 Douglas Super DC-3 and R4D-8 464 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II 467 Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 472 Douglas F4D (F-6) Skyray 474 McDonnell F3H (F-3) Demon 480 Douglas X-3 Stiletto 488 Douglas A-3 (A3D) Skywarrior 493 Douglas DC-7 502 McDonnell XV-1 510 Douglas A-4 (A4D) Sky hawk 513 Douglas B-66 Destroyer 530 McDonnell F-l01 Voodoo 537 Douglas F5D-1 Sky lancer 548 Douglas C-133 Cargomaster 551 McDonnell 120 554 McDonnell F-4 (F4H) Phantom II 556 Douglas DC-8 580 McDonnell 119 and 220 600 Piaggio PD-808 602 Douglas DC-9 603 McDonnell Douglas 188E and 210 615 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 616 McDonnell Douglas F-l5 Eagle 626 McDonnell Douglas YC-15 630 McDonnell Douglas F-l8 Hornet 632 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Hairier 635 Appendix A Production Summary 637 Appendix B Production Details and Douglas Serial Numbers 642 Appendix C Production Details and McDonnell Serial Numbers 691 Appendix D Selected Projects 711 Douglas XP-48 712 Douglas XB-31 713 Douglas XT-30 714 Douglas DC-8 714 Douglas DC-9 715 Douglas DC-10 716 Douglas F6D Misseleer 717 Douglas D-906 718 Douglas D-920 719 Douglas D-966 719 Douglas D-974 720.

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