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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 69531
Grumman Avenger

Bureau #: 69531
Construction #: 2270
Civil Registration(s):
  N179Z
  N17930
  C-GOBK
Model(s):
  TBM-3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1978
History:
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 69531.
U.S. Forestry Service, Beltsville, MD, 1963-1964.
  • Registered as N179Z.
Seeley Flying Service, Newcastle & Casper, WY, 1966-1969.
  • Registered as N17930.
Air Tankers Inc, Casper, WY, 1970-1972.
  • Flew as #B19.
Norfolk Aerial Spraying, Simcoe, NB, May 1974-1978.
  • Registered as C-GOBK.
  • Flew as #B19.
  • Crashed while spraying, Minto, NB, May 30, 1978.
    • Pilot Lou Zwarts fatally injured
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):
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