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AVENGER/Bu. 01747
Grumman Avenger

Bureau #: 01747
Construction #: 2781
Civil Registration(s):
  None
Model(s):
  TBF-1C Avenger
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 01747, 19??.
  • Ditched in Lake Michigan, near Chicago, IL, June 11, 1943.
    • Off Carrier U.S.S. Wolverine
National Naval Aviation Musum, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1991-2002.
  • Recovered from Lake Michigan, 1991.
  • Loaned to Bob Pond/Planes Of Fame East, for restoration.
  • Currently Stored.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
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