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A TBF-1 dropping a torpedo TBM-3Ds of VT(N)-90 January 1945 Six U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea US Navy TBMs (foreground) and SB2C Helldivers drop bombs on Hakodate in July 1945 A TBM-3R COD plane in the early 1950s TBM-3W TBF Avenger Torpedo ...
Flight 19 was the designation of a group of five General Motors TBF Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, after losing contact during a United States Navy overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
TBM-3E. 53914 - for static display at Commemorative Air Force (Airbase Arizona) in Mesa, Arizona. [96] 85597 - to airworthiness at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota. [97] 85715 - in storage by private owner in Holts Summit, Missouri. [98] 91598 - in storage at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. [99] TBM-3U
July 30 – Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) – The passenger of a Van's Aircraft RV-6 was killed when the propeller of a Grumman TBM-3 Avenger cut into the fuselage of the RV-6. Both aircraft were taxiing for takeoff at the time of the accident. No injuries were reported from the occupants of the Avenger.
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger: USN 69472: On indoor display Grumman A-6E Intruder: USN 155713: On outdoor display Grumman E-1B Tracer: USN 147227: On outdoor display Grumman EA-6B Prowler: USN 158542 On outdoor display Grumman F-11A Tiger: USN 141824: On indoor display. Painted as it was in 1967, flying for the Blue Angels. Grumman F-14A Tomcat ...
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Seven Grumman TBM-3D Avenger bombers of night torpedo squadron VT(N)-90 flying in formation in January 1945. Car part production at the plant ended on December 12, 1941, and one month later the factory became a unit of Eastern Aircraft, one of five former General Motors plants in the area which was shifted to the war effort and used to construct the TBM variants of the Grumman TBF Avenger ...