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AVENGER/Bu. 23602
Grumman Avenger

Bureau #: 23602
Construction #: 5746
Civil Registration(s):
  None
Model(s):
  TBM-3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 1990
History:
Deliveredto the United States Navy as Bu. 23602.
NAS Mustim Field, Philadelphia, PA, 1947-1975.
  • Stored.
USNAM, Philadephia, PA, 1976.
  • Displayed on USS Intrepid.
Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, September 18, 1976-1979.
  • Badly damaged by Tornado, October 3, 1979.
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, 1989-1990.
  • Restoration for static display.
Restoration using parts from BuNo: 53100 & 53527, recovered from burial site at NALF Charleston, RI by NEAM.
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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