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Registration / Serial:53726
Military Code:54
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Licence-built by:General Motors
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:VMTB-132
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
Photo Date:6 January 2008
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:196521Submit Correction
View count: 195
Post-war flew as N7076C before being acquired for preservation. Exhibited wearing the markings of VMTB-132 Squadron. Trucked to Great Park (Former El Toro) Irvine, California in June 2024.
Registration / Serial:53726
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 January 2008
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:53726
Military Code:54
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Licence-built by:General Motors
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:VMTB-132
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
Photo Date:6 January 2008
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:196521Submit Correction
View count: 195
Post-war flew as N7076C before being acquired for preservation. Exhibited wearing the markings of VMTB-132 Squadron. Trucked to Great Park (Former El Toro) Irvine, California in June 2024.
Registration / Serial:53726
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 January 2008
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:53726
Other Marks:54
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Licence-built by:General Motors
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
Photo Date:18 December 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:69954Submit Correction
View count: 149
This Avenger was TOC by the USN during June 45 but too late to see combat in the Pacific. Instead it spent its service life in various training units before being retired in 1962. It then served as a fire bomber until 1988 before being acquired by the Marine Corps museum. It is now on display at the Flying Leathernecks museum in the colours of VMTB-132 aboard USS Cape Gloucester in the East China Sea during July 1945. The side-on shot is all wing so I chose this angle for more detail.
Registration / Serial:53726
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 December 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:53726
Other Marks:54
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (G-40)
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Licence-built by:General Motors
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
Photo Date:18 December 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:69954Submit Correction
View count: 149
This Avenger was TOC by the USN during June 45 but too late to see combat in the Pacific. Instead it spent its service life in various training units before being retired in 1962. It then served as a fire bomber until 1988 before being acquired by the Marine Corps museum. It is now on display at the Flying Leathernecks museum in the colours of VMTB-132 aboard USS Cape Gloucester in the East China Sea during July 1945. The side-on shot is all wing so I chose this angle for more detail.
Registration / Serial:53726
Aircraft Version:Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
C/n (msn):3788
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 December 2014
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact