McDonnell FH Phantom

The McDonnell FH Phantom was a twinjet, straight-wing, carrier-based fighter designed and produced by the American firm McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. The XFD-1 prototype made its first flight on 26 January 1945 and became the first Navy aircraft to exceed 500 mph. The second prototype was the first purely jet-powered aircraft to operate from an American aircraft carrier, in July 1946, and the type was the first jet deployed by the United States Marine Corps. Only 62 were built, powered by two Westinghouse J30-WE-20 turbojets. Short range and light armament left it a point-defence interceptor and a trainer, it never saw combat, and the Navy Reserve flew it until July 1954. Its more capable successor was the F2H Banshee, and McDonnell later revived the Phantom name for the F-4.