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	Warbird Alley: Grumman / General Motors / Eastern TBF Avenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Avenger's torpedo-delivery capability had a huge impact on the Japanese fleet during the war, and its rugged simplicity made it highly resistant to enemy air defenses.
		These aircraft were designated the Avenger AS Mk IV or AS Mk V, and were used in the ASW role until the introduction of the Fairey Gannet in 1955.
		Avengers were also exported under MDAP to France, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands.
	www.warbirdalley.com /tbf.htm (511 words)

	Shearwater Aviation Museum
		Avenger 85861 was among the initial batch of 74 Avengers purchased from the U.S. Navy and taken on strength by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in July 1950.
		The aircraft was among the first Avengers to be allocated to the unit and was marked with the identification letters “TF-D”; the “TF” identifying the squadron and the “D”, the individual aircraft within the squadron.
		The Avenger was ideal for training Observer’s Mates, since the operational squadrons (VS 880 and VS 881) to which the OM’s were assigned after graduation used the same type of aircraft.
	www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca /exhibits/avenger.htm (532 words)

	Grumman TBF/TBM "Avenger"
		Flown by the likes of George Bush, it had a fat fuselage and rectangular surfaces the TBF was rather ugly and was nicknamed the "Turkey" by its pilots, but it was a sturdy and reliable aircraft of advanced concept.
		The Grumman TBF "Avenger" made its debut in combat during the same event in which the TBD left the scene; in June 1942, during the battle of Midway.
		The last Avenger was the XTBM-4, in which the wings and fuselage were reinforced, although it never saw active duty.
	www.qsl.net /n3yqh/WWII/avenger.htm (623 words)

	TBF Avenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) was an American torpedo bomber, developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps and used by a large number of air forces around the world.
		However, most of the Avengers were dash-1s until near the end of the war (in 1945).
		The Avenger was also used by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm where it was initially known as the "Tarpon" however this name was later discontinued and the Avenger name used instead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TBF_Avenger (1713 words)

	TBM Avenger Bomber Aircraft - World War Two
		Variants of the Avenger were very easy to produce since the changes were very minor such as the TBF-1C’s which added 0.50 guns in each wing and the TBM-3W that replaced armaments in the bomb bay with a large radome.
		Civilian duty for TBM Avenger 53454 began in Boise, Idaho where it was used as an air tanker.
		The Avenger made it to several airshows during 2000 and was finally purchased by the Fighter Factory and delivered in January of 2001.
	www.fighterfactory.net /airworthy-aircraft/tbm-avenger-aircraft.php (566 words)

	Avenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Many Avengers were manufactured by General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division under the designation TBM Avenger to allow Grumman to focus on the manufacturing of Hellcats.
		Avengers were superb sub hunters and both the U.S Navy and Royal Navy used the plane to hunt German submarines which preyed upon Allied shipping in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean.
		The General Motors TBM Avenger was virtually identical to the Grumman built TBF.
	www.americanairpowermuseum.com /htm/avenger.htm (777 words)

	TBM Avenger World War 2 Model Airplanes.
		After this intensive battle, the TBF was christened the Avenger, an appropriate name for the sturdy torpedo bomber that was to fight all the way to Japan.
		The Avenger was on every front of the pacific war and was one of the prime tools for victory.
		The Avenger was first used in combat in June of 1942 at the Battle of Midway.
	yellowairplane.com /Models_Fighters/airplane_models_TBM_Avenger.html (1553 words)

	Building Trumpeter's 1:32 TBM-3 Avenger, part 1 by Gene Nollmann
		This was the Atlantic Anti-Submarine Scheme II and was worn by Avengers used in the longest battle of World War II, The Battle of the Atlantic.
		Earlier in the Battle of the Atlantic, Avengers were noted by Y'Blood to be dropping Mk.47 depth bombs and 500 pounders.
		According to Avenger In Detail and Scale, the mounting racks used by the hundred pounders was also used for the depth bombs.
	www.largescaleplanes.com /articles/WW2/GeneNollmann/TBM-3/Avenger.html (2729 words)

	All Wood Wings: TBF/TBM Avenger, US Navy
		In response to a 1939 requirement for a carrier-based torpedo-bomber to replace the TBD Devastator, Grumman produced the TBF Avenger equipped with an electrically powered gun turret and an internal bomb-bay for four 500 lb bombs or an aerial torpedo.
		A total of 9,842 Avengers were produced, the last of which was retired in 1954.
		Other combat highlights involving the Avenger included: shooting down 92 planes in aerial combat; sinking thirty-one German submarines in the Atlantic; sinking 6 Japanese transports in one day by aircraft from a single squadron and sinking the world's largest battleships - the Musashi and the Yamato.
	www.allwoodwings.com /3-WWI+WWII/TBF-TBM,Avenger-MasterSeries.htm (247 words)

	TBF/TBM Avenger
		Avengers participated in the historic raid Feb. 16 raid on Truk.
		Nearly 10,000 Avengers were produced by the parent company and Eastern Division of General Motors Corp between 1942 and 1945, supplying allied navies and air forces as well.
		As a key weapon of war, the Avenger was so highly valued by the US Navy that its demand for the aircraft soon outstripped Grumman's production capacity, so General Motors [GM] was contracted to build the near identical TBM from September 1942 onwards.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/avenger.html (4577 words)

	The Grumman Avenger TBF & TBM WWII US Navy Torpedo bomber.
		Despite this sad beginning, the Avenger was destined to become the Navy's standard torpedo-bomber throughout World War II and to remain in operational Fleet service in a variety of roles until 1954.
		the Avenger had thoroughly redeemed itself and was established as a capable, dependable and troublefree warplane, the combination of inherent structural ruggedness and effective defensive armament endowing it with a good chance of survival in fulfilling a mission for which the survivability rate was notoriously low.
		Indeed, at first sight the Avenger could well have been a scaled-up Wildcat, but the resemblance had to be confined to external contour owing to its sheer size and r6le, and I hardly expected this torpedo-bomber to offer in the air any of the exhilaration that I had experienced with its smaller stablemate.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Grumman-Avenger/aveng_info/avenge_info.htm (3326 words)

	TBM-3E "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber Warplane -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of ...
		The most famous American to fly an Avenger was George H.W. Bush, later 41st President of the United States, who joined the Navy in 1942 and became the youngest naval aviator ever, at the age of 20, in June 1943.
		Formerly used to manufacture and assemble General Motor's automobiles, the plant was converted in 1942 to assemble TBM Avengers and built them from 1942 until the end of hostilities in 1945.
		The Grumman Avenger, or Torpedo Bomber F (TBF), with F being the Navy's designated letter for the Grumman factory, was replaced by General Motors Avenger TBM, with M being the Navy's designated letter for the General Motors factory.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/tbm.htm (1011 words)

	The Avenger in the Pacific War (D Llewellyn James)
		The Avenger was Grumman's first torpedo aircraft, and its design had much in common with that of the Company's fighters - as its chunky and robust appearance testifies.
		The Avenger rapidly displaced the obsolete Devastator aboard US carriers, and from the Guadalcanal landings in August 1942 until the end of the PacificWar it remained the only shipboard torpedo aircraft of the US Navy.
		In the Battle for Leyte Gulf the TBF / TBM achieved one of its most notable successes by sinking (with 19 torpedo hits) the Japanese battleship Musashi, which at 67,000 tons was one of the two largest warships in the world (the other being her sister ship Yamato).
	www.angelfire.com /fm/compass/pacificavenger.htm (743 words)

	A Tribute to Avenger Air Crewmen - Air Group 4
		This crewman would occupy the turret most of the time, but could slide down into the belly if needed for radio adjustment, arming bombs or torpedoes, etc. The exception to the one crew member rule was made if a photographer or news correspondent was assigned to the strike.
		It appears likely that the individual in the belly of Bush's TBM cleared the plane but not in time for his chute to open while the turret gunner failed to clear the burning plane.
		The Avenger with dedicated crew members served us well, as we made torpedo runs and glide-bombing attacks on Japanese shipping and shore installations from the Philippines to Iwo Jima and Okinawa and all the way to Tokyo.
	www.airgroup4.com /crewmen.htm (2032 words)

	Cavanaugh Flight Museum: Eastern/Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
		Grumman designed the Avenger as a torpedo bomber, but the plane could carry bombs in the internal bomb bay or a mixed load of depth charges and 5-inch rockets under the wings.
		Avengers were superb sub hunters and both the U.S Navy and Royal Navy used the plane to hunt German submarines that preyed upon Allied shipping in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean.
		The General Motors TBM Avenger was virtually identical to the Grumman-built TBF.
	www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com /Avenger.htm (492 words)

	All Wood Wings: TBM-3S Avenger 'ASW Killer', US Navy
		The Avenger probably holds the honor of being the most versatile aircraft of any of Grumman's many outstanding contributions to naval aviation.
		The result was the Avenger whose design used a wing that attached mid way up the fuselage to permit a large bay capable of carrying a torpedo.
		As the Second World War developed, Grumman's output of the TBF Avenger was augmented by Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors and those GM-built Avengers were designated as the TBM.
	www.allwoodwings.com /3-WWI+WWII/TBM-3S,Avenger-MasterSeries.htm (426 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| Five TBM Avenger Bombers Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A re-examination of the probable fate of five TBM Avengers that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle during a routine training mission.
		Four pilots were being checked out that day in TBM Avenger bombers by an instructor who would be joining them on the flight, while nine enlisted men were taking advanced combat aircrew training.
		Avengers had two designations, depending upon who made them--those constructed by Grumman Aircraft Corporation were called TBFs, and the General Motors version was known as the TBM.
	www.historynet.com /ahi/bllostinbermudatriangle (947 words)

	Video Review: Roaring Glory Warbird Series TBM Avenger
		The aircraft featured in the DVD is painted in the markers of former president George Bush's TBM colors and markings as it flew in the Pacific, complete with "Barbara" painted on side of cockpit.
		The short film utilizes actors using the TBM as a set, and wartime stock footage to show what the nine months of training was like for Avenger pilots - including how to drop torpedoes, drop bombs and lay mines.
		A typical example of WWII flight film, this is an added bonus for those interested in seeing vantage footage of the Avenger and what exactly young recruits were shown and instructed about this bomber.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /reviews/roaring_tbm.html (653 words)

	General Motors (Eastern) TBM-3E Avenger
		Saddled with the dangerous job of pushing through enemy fighter protection, dodging a barrage of gunfire, and releasing a torpedo at “can’t miss” range, the Avenger was well armed and well armored.
		By war’s end, Avengers had sunk over 60 enemy ships, and participated in the destruction of the world’s largest battleship, the Yamato.
		This Avenger served the United States Navy from 1945 to 1956.
	www.sprucegoose.org /aircraft_artifacts/Aircraft/WWII/TBM-3E.htm (116 words)

	Grumman TBM Avenger - The Collings Foundation
		Yet, the real victories for the Avenger occurred in 1945 when the world’s two largest battleships were sunk as a direct result of torpedo attacks.
		Accordingly, it is quite safe to state that the Avengers lived up to their name-avenging the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Through these roles, the Avengers helped to continue their mission of preserving freedom until they were retired from United States naval service in 1954.
	www.collingsfoundation.org /ma_tbmavenger_hist.htm (492 words)

	Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger - Carrier Based Torpedo Bomber
		Grumman stayed with their unique folding wing design which when folded allowed the wings to rest parallel to the fuselage which made for more compact storage of the aircraft allowing more of them to be carried in the hanger deck area of the US Carrier fleet.
		The TBM 1-c built by GM had 2 forward facing wing mounted 50 cal browning machine guns instead of the single.30 cal in the earlier TBF-1 models.
		The Avenger had fully replaced the aging Douglas Devastator torpedo bomber and by August 1942 the Avenger was the only torpedo bomber in service aboard the US aircraft carrier fleet.
	www.vf31.com /aircraft/avenger.html (345 words)

	Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger Build
		The name 'Avenger' was in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but those who flew her lovingly called her 'turkey.' She was the largest single-engine aircraft to serve in WWII, but paradoxically, she often flew off of the smallest carriers.
		She dropped far more bombs than she did the torpedoes she was designed to launch, and in spite of a disastrous combat debut, she ultimately gave as good as she got.
		These were identical to the Avengers produced by Grumman, but were designated 'TBM.' By the end of 1943, Eastern Aircraft was the sole producer of Avengers.
	www.accurate-miniatures.com /builds/avenger/avenger.shtml (420 words)

	TBM Avenger World War 2 Model Airplanes.
		After this intensive battle, the TBF was christened the Avenger, an appropriate name for the sturdy torpedo bomber that was to fight all the way to Japan.
		The Avenger was on every front of the pacific war and was one of the prime tools for victory.
		The Avenger was first used in combat in June of 1942 at the Battle of Midway.
	www.yellowairplane.com /Models_Fighters/airplane_models_TBM_Avenger.html (1552 words)

	Grumman TBF TBM Avenger airplane airfix plastic model Kits
		Recreated in fine pewter, fitted to a pewter stand, and mounted to a hardwood base with inset descriptive coin, this Avenger replica is approximately 41/2" in length and 5" in wingspan.
		The standard Navy torpedo-bomber of WWII, the Avenger debuted at the Battle of Midway and served until 1954.
		Photo-essay of the Avenger covering all variants from prototype to post-war versions.
	www.johnjohn.co.uk /shop/alpha/grumman_avenger.html (304 words)

	TBF/TBM units of WW 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Those modelers with one or more of the Accurate Miniatures Avenger models sitting in their to-do pile who are looking for inspiration to get going on one or more of them need look no further than this latest title from the Osprey Combat Aircraft series.
		Tillman reviews the history of the Avenger's participation in the fleet actions, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, as well as its use in the Solomons, and aboard the fast carriers in the trans-Pacific strikes of 1944-45.
		He also covers the airplane's use in the Battle of the Atlantic, where it became the nemesis of the U-boats in bloody shootouts where the airplane stood a good chance of being shot down by a submarine that chose to stand and fight.
	www.modelingmadness.com /others/books/cleavertbmbook.htm (279 words)

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