TBD DevastatorTBD Devastator airplane model. The TBD Devastator was the Navy's first all metal, monoplane torpedo bomber. It was also the Navy's first carrier based plane to come with an enclosed cockpit, and the first to use main landing gear wheel brakes. While most carrier based aircraft of the day had manually folded wings for storage aboard ship, the TBD featured hydraulic folding wings. The plane had a crew of three (pilot, bombardier and gunner), and carried