TBY Seawolf prototypes dont have accidents

IOTL the TBY Seawolf suffered damage from a hard landing, then a collision, and (according to the rather vague wiki article) other mishaps. If these had not occurred, could the Seawolf have entered production and saw combat? Consolidated was busy with the Corsair orders, so production would have had to be farmed out. Even so, could not having accidents butterfly away enough delays the aircraft see's duty in WWII?
 
IOTL the TBY Seawolf suffered damage from a hard landing, then a collision, and (according to the rather vague wiki article) other mishaps. If these had not occurred, could the Seawolf have entered production and saw combat? Consolidated was busy with the Corsair orders, so production would have had to be farmed out. Even so, could not having accidents butterfly away enough delays the aircraft see's duty in WWII?

Consolidated was not busy with Corsair, Vought was. That is why the TBU became TBY - the Seawolf farmed out to the Cosolidated.
But yes, I don't see why the Seawolf couldn't be used in ww2 with a bit of luck, after all there was 180 produced even in the OTL desipte the setbacks. (Un)fortunately, the combined outcomes of Midway battle and Solomons campaign would've make the Seawolf presence moot.
 
Doubtful, the deck was stacked against the Sea Wolf. The Sea Wolf was intended as a backup in case the TBF didn't perform as expected and wasn't a priority once the TBF was successful.
In addition, Vought was overwhelmed with Corsair production and its enhancements and didn't have the staff to handle the load so development work proceeded slowly. Consolidated took over the program in spring 1943 but couldn't get its production facility (a converted Mack truck plant) operational until early 1944. By this time, the TBF had definitely proved itself and while a few planes were constructed, it was becoming available just too late to be of much use.

BTW, by the time it was entering production, the USN had decided to move toward a single-seat combined dive/torpedo bomber, the Douglas Skyraider being the eventual winning design.
 
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