Ginter Books – Kaier Fleetwings XBTK-1 048

The Kaiser Fleetwings XBTK-1 was initially designed to meet a 1943 Navy requirement for a “single-seat carrier-based high-performance dive bomber.” As was the normal wartime practice, design studies were requested from companies without a major production model and, with the Navy’s acceptance of the proposal from the Fleetwing’s company, the design was designated XBK-1….

–Bob Kowalski