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Bureau #: 53785 Construction #: 3847 Civil Registration(s): N7075C Model: TBM-3U Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to U.S. Navy as 53785. - BOC: June 1945. - SOC: circa 1957. - Allocated to VA-18A (later VA-125), June 1948. -- Deployed aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea. - Transferred to the Oakland Naval Air Reserve. Marsh Aviation Co, Litchfield Park, AZ, 1963-1964. - Registered as N7075C. Reeder Flying Service, Twin Falls, ID, 1966-1977. - Flown as tanker #55. Dwight Reimer, Shafter CA, 1979-1980. - Flew as "My Assam Dragon". Gordon Plasket, King City, CA, 1982. Stephen Grey, Geneva, Sitzerland, 1982. - Not delivered. Robert Pond/Planes Of Fame East, Spring Park, MN, 1983-2002. - Later Palm Springs Air Museum, CA - Flown in RN/FAA Avenger Mk. III scheme as JR456/RP. |
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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): W.T. Larkins. Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs. |
