On 18 Feb 2012 21:59:13 -0900, Dave Dodson
wrote:

Orval Fairbairn wrote in newsrfairbairn-
:

In article , troy wrote:

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That would be a McDonnell XF2H-1 Banshee -- An XF2D would have been a
Douglas product, which I have not found listed in "American Combat
Planes."

Not according to this and several other references....to wit
stellar-views.com/Photos_X-Planes.html


The Research Airplane Program was a joint effort by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics ...... U.S. Navy - McDonnell XF2D-1 Banshee
(a/c 99859) ...

Indeed appears to have been originally designated XF2D-1.

From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XF2D-1_NAN8-47.jpg

"The XF2D-1 (BuNo 99858) prototype of the McDonnell Banshee fighter in
flight in 1947. It first flew on 11 January 1947. During the same year
the U.S. Navy changed McDonnell's company letter from "D" to "H", and
consequently the F2D became the F2H."

Of course, like the DC-3, now Boeing can claim ownership:
http://www.boeing.com/history/mdc/banshee.htm

In an alternate universe it might have been the Boeing F11B.

Bob ^,,^