CAF Grumman General Motors TBM-3E Avenger
MODEL BY:
Mark Field
Model Scale:
1/48
MODEL ADDED:
07/23/1990
historical significance
First Albuquerque Visit: 1960
Additional Information:
The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corp. It was eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.
The TBM-3E variant is a TBM-3 with a stronger airframe, search radar, ventral gun deleted. There were 646 TBM-3E’s eventually built. There are several other Avengers, usually flying as warbirds in private collections around the world today and are a popular airshow fixture in both flying and static displays.
As of 2020, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) flies three TBM Avengers with one based with the Rocky Mountain Wing in Grand Junction, Colorado; another with the Missouri Wing at St Charles Smartt Field; and their newest with the Capital Wing in Culpeper, Virginia.
This surplus Navy Torpedo bomber was restored to flying condition by the Air Guest Company at Coronado Airport in Albuquerque in the 1960s. It was then sold to the Confederate Air Force (CAF) and then to a museum.
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