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  2. Grumman TBF Avenger - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of surviving Grumman TBF Avengers - Wikipedia

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    TBM-3 NZ2518 TBF-1 NZ2504 Airworthy TBM-3. 91110 - Brendon Deere, based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, painted as NZ2518 "Plonky" (build number 47733). [11]On display TBF-1. 24336 - RNZAF serial NZ2504, RNZAF Museum in Wigram, New Zealand, painted in its original colours as RNZAF serial NZ2504.

  4. General Motors TBM-3E Avenger No. 86180 - Wikipedia

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    General Motors TBM-3E Avenger No. 86180 is a surviving TBM Avenger torpedo bomber located at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The plane, a variant of the Grumman-designed Avenger, was built by General Motors in 1945.

  5. USS George H.W. Bush - Wikipedia

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    George H. W. Bush in a Grumman TBM Avenger during World War II. George H. W. Bush became one of the U.S. Navy's youngest pilots when he received his Naval Aviator wings and naval commission on 9 June 1943, three days before turning 19. [10] He flew torpedo bombers off USS San Jacinto on active duty from August 1943 to September 1945 during ...

  6. File:Damaged Grumman TBM-3 Avenger of VT-82 in flight, circa ...

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    English: A damaged U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 82 (VT-82) "Devil's Diplomats" in flight after the plane above it in her formation was shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Chichi Jima and fell on this Avenger, breaking off the left wingtip and cracking the fuselage just ahead of the tail, circa 18 February - 4 March 1945.

  7. Gun turret - Wikipedia

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    Cutaway illustration of a US 16-inch turret. The loading system is fitted with a series of mechanical interlocks that ensure that there is never an open path from the gunhouse to the magazine down which an explosive flash might pass. Flash-tight doors and scuttles open and close to allow the passage between areas of the turret.

  8. VT-8 - Wikipedia

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    Just prior to the Battle of Midway, the reconstituted VT-8 was the first squadron equipped with the new Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, a bigger, faster, longer-ranged replacement for the TBD. When Hornet sailed to the Pacific, a detachment of the squadron under the command of Lieutenant Harold "Swede" Larsen remained in Norfolk, Virginia to receive the ...

  9. Douglas A-1 Skyraider - Wikipedia

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    In addition to serving during Korea and Vietnam as an attack aircraft, the Skyraider was modified to serve as a carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft, replacing the Grumman TBM-3W Avenger. It fulfilled this function in the USN and Royal Navy, being replaced by the Grumman E-1 Tracer and Fairey Gannet, respectively, in those services. [11]