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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 53334
Grumman Avenger Bu. 53334

Bureau #: 53334
Construction #: 3396
Civil Registration(s):
  CF-KPJ
  N68663
  C-GLEG
Model(s):
  TBM-3S Avenger
  AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1975
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 53334.
  • BOC:October 17, 1950.
  • SOC: April 22, 1958.
Airspray Ltd, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, 1959.
  • Registered as CF-KPJ.
  • Flew as tanker #702.
Klamath Aircraft Inc, Klamath Falls, OR, 1963-1966.
  • Registered as N68663.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1972.
  • Flew as tanker #E25, later as #E28.
Forest Protection Limited, Fredericton, NB, 1974-1975.
  • Registered as C-GLEG.
  • Flew as #E25.
  • Leased from Evergreen Air Service, Roxboro, Quebec.
  • Crashed on spraying operation, Dunphy, NB, July 4, 1975.
Grumman Avenger Bu. 53334
Grumman Avenger Bu. 53334
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):
Merrill McBride Collection.
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.

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