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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 85632
Grumman Avenger 85632

Bureau #: 85632
Construction #: 2451
Civil Registration(s):
  N7002C
  C-GOBJ
  N81865
Model(s):
  TBM-3 Avenger Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2011
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 85632, 19??.
Plains Aero Service, Dalhart, TX, 1963-1964.
  • Registered as N7002C.
Air Tankers Inc, Newcastle, WY, 1966-1974.
Norfolk Aerial Spraying, Fredericton, NB, May 1974-1984.
  • Registered as C-GOBJ.
  • Flew as tanker #B15.
Northwest Warbirds Inc, Kimberly, ID, 1989.
Wayne G. Rudd, Carbondale, CO, June 15, 1989-2005.
  • Registered as N81865.
Fargo Air Museum, Fargo, ND, 2005-2008
  • Flew as USN/T-83.
TBM Avenger Inc/Brad Deckert, Eureka, IL, 2008-2011.
  • Based in Peru, IL.
  • Major restoration work completed in 2010.
  • Flown in the colors of its original WWII Unit, VMTB-234 (USMC).
Grumman Avenger 85632
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Photo Source(s):
Greg Morehead
Dave Miller

Research Assistance:
Greg Morehead
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