Registration / Serial:CF-KCG
Fleet number:15
Other Marks:615
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3/AT Avenger
Licence-built by:General Motors
C/n (msn):2066
Operator Titles:Skyway Air Service
City / Airport:Prince George (CYXS / YXS)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:15 June 1961
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Photo ID:291101Submit Correction
View count: 918
Constructed by Eastern Aircraft division of GM and delivered to the US Navy as 69327. Modified by Fairey Aviation from torpedo bomber to an Anti-Submarine aircraft for the Royal Canadian Navy as 326 in 1950. In 1961 it was modified again by Fairey Aviation to a fire bomber for Skyway Air Service as CF-KCG. In 1969 it went to Conair until 1976 when it was damaged in an accident in New Brunswick. From there it found its way to the Imperial War Museum in England where it was restored representing an Avenger flown by George Bush during World War II. Moved to Liverpool in 2023 for the future Battle Of The Atlantic Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Registration / Serial:CF-KCG
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3/AT Avenger
C/n (msn):2066
Operator Titles:Skyway Air Service
City / Airport:Prince George (CYXS / YXS)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:15 June 1961
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:CF-KCG
Fleet number:15
Other Marks:615
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3/AT Avenger
Licence-built by:General Motors
C/n (msn):2066
Operator Titles:Skyway Air Service
City / Airport:Prince George (CYXS / YXS)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:15 June 1961
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Photo ID:291101Submit Correction
View count: 918
Constructed by Eastern Aircraft division of GM and delivered to the US Navy as 69327. Modified by Fairey Aviation from torpedo bomber to an Anti-Submarine aircraft for the Royal Canadian Navy as 326 in 1950. In 1961 it was modified again by Fairey Aviation to a fire bomber for Skyway Air Service as CF-KCG. In 1969 it went to Conair until 1976 when it was damaged in an accident in New Brunswick. From there it found its way to the Imperial War Museum in England where it was restored representing an Avenger flown by George Bush during World War II. Moved to Liverpool in 2023 for the future Battle Of The Atlantic Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Registration / Serial:CF-KCG
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3/AT Avenger
C/n (msn):2066
Operator Titles:Skyway Air Service
City / Airport:Prince George (CYXS / YXS)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:15 June 1961
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact