A rare late WWII era 1:5 scale wind tunnel development model of a US Navy Douglas “Destroyer” XSB2D-1 dive bomber, circa 1942.

The model was made by the N.A.C.A. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and tested in the 7 x 10 foot wind tunnels at the Ames research facility, Moffett Field, California.

The NASA archive has a photograph of this model being tested at Ames, see: NASA Image Number: ARC-1942-AAL-1986  Date: April 9, 1942.

The model was later exhibited at the Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, as part of the Douglas Archive.

Height: 135 cm. – 53 in.
Width: 264 cm. – 104 in.
Depth: 221 cm. – 87 in.

Literature:

Naval Fighters Number Thirty, Douglas XSB2D-1 & BTD-1 Destroyer, Bob Kowalski & Steve Ginter. (Image of the model on Page 48).

Wind-tunnel testing. Alan Pope. Whiley. 1947. Page 31.

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920: Vol. I. René J. Francillon, 1979. Page 366.

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For the 1942 NACA/NASA archive image see: Image Number: ARC-1942-AAL-1986: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ARC-1942-AAL-1986.jpg