TBM AVENGER/Bu. 85870
Bureau #: 85870
Construction #:
2689
Civil Registration(s):
CF-IMJ
Construction #:
2689
Civil Registration(s):
CF-IMJ
Model(s):
TBM-3S Avenger
Avenger AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1958
TBM-3S Avenger
Avenger AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1958
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 85870, 19??.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 85870.
Skyway Air Services, Langley BC, 1958.
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 85870, 19??.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 85870.
Skyway Air Services, Langley BC, 1958.
- Registered as CF-IMJ.
- Flew as #600.
- Converted to tanker, Victoria, BC, 1958.
- Flew in NB in 1958 as part of a fleet of 6 Wheeler and 6 Skyway TBMs.
- Crashed 21 km (13 mi) east of Hartland, 12 June 1958, while spraying out of Juniper Airstrip.
- The pilot had failed to maintain sufficient speed during a turn. The aircraft burned and was buried on site. Pilot Tommy Marsten was killed; he was the first casualty in the FPL TBM spray program.
