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Bureau #: 24337
Construction #: 5220
Civil Registration(s):
  None
Model(s):
  TBF-1C
  Mark II
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2002
   History:
Delivered to RNZAF as NZ2505, 1943-1959.
Bennett Aviation, Te Kuiti, 1959.
- Open Storage.
Childrens playground, Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1960-1972.
Ross Macpherson group, Wellington, NZ, 1972.
- Recovered from playground.
Silverstream Railway & Vintage Transport Museum, Hutt River, Wellington, NZ, 1972-1989.
- Restored for display.
- Displayed as NZ2518.
RNZAF Museum, Wigram AB, 1992-2002.
- Loaned to Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society.
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.
 Photo Source(s):
None.