the design from McDonnell became the FD-1 Phantom, but with Douglas returning to designing naval fighters, the FD-1 would become the FH-1 Phantom. On January 26, 1945, the first XFD-1 Phantom ...

The development of the F2H Banshee began with the introduction of the McDonnell FH Phantom, which was first flown in 1945 as the McDonnell FD-1 and became the first pure-jet aircraft to enter ...