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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 86064
Grumman Avenger Bu. 86064 WRG# 0002202

Bureau #: 86064
Construction #: 2883
Civil Registration(s):
  N7161C
  C-GFPO
Model(s):
  TBM-3E Avenger
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1983
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 86064, 1960.
Jim Routh/Routh Aircraft, Paso Robles, CA, 1963.
  • Registered as N7161C.
  • Flew as #E97 (later #C97).
Multiple Management Corp, Long Beach, CA, 1963-1964.
Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, CA, 1966-1972.
  • Flew as tanker #E97.
Hillcrest Aircraft, Lewiston, ID, 1973-1976
  • Flew as #97.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 1976-1983.
  • Registered as C-GFPO.
  • Flew as #97, then #19.
  • Crashed and destroyed on spraying operation, Sevogle, NB, May 22, 1983.
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):
Christopher Adam

Research Assistance:
Christopher Adam
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