| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 8921 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated Fleetster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated Fleetster |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated XBY-1 (18) |
| C/n (msn): | [ 8921 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1932 to 13 April 1933 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 377916 |
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In the early 1930s there was not so much light between a small airliner, a high-end private plane, and a combat aircraft. The Consolidated 18 was a dive-bomber variant of the Fleetster with a new metal wing and an internal bomb bay. The sole example was delivered to NAS Anacostia as the XBY-1 on 26 September 1932. Apparently it was not repaired following a landing accident at NAS Norfolk on 13 April 1933. This photo was added on 22 July 2021, and has since been viewed 500 times. |