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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:TBM-3 Avenger
    Last Military Serial:53842 USN
    Construction Number:3904
    Last Civil Registration:N60393
    Compressed ID:General Motors TBM-3 sn 53842 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TBM-3 by General Motors.

    27 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 53842.

    Editor note: This set of photos of the log book were actually taken on 16 October 2016. Due to the subject matter I removed the dates from the photos and positioned the photos here in the timeline.
    Photographer: Lonnie Collazo


    Photographer: Lonnie Collazo


    Photographer: Lonnie Collazo

    To unknown owner with c/r N7052C.

    To unknown owner with c/r N603.

    16 October 1964

    To State of New York, Albany, NY with new c/r N60393.

    Circa 1966


    Photographer: New York Dept. of Forestry
    Notes: Dropping fire retardant. Location unknown but in New York state.

    Circa 1968


    Photographer: New York Dept. of Forestry
    Notes: Air ops in the Glen Falls NY area

    28 September 1976

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Boston, MA, to ALB.

    28 September 1976

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from ALB to Norfold, VA.

    29 September 1976

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Norfolk, VA, to to Willmington, NC.

    30 September 1976

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Willmington, NC, to Charleston, SC.

    Editors note: This photo was taken on 16 October 2015, but I removed the data from the photo and positioned it here in the timeline since I thought this was a more appropriate position.
    Photographer: Lonnie Collazo

    By August 1990

    To Patriots Point Naval and Marine Museum (USS Yorktown), Mount Pleasant, Charleston, SC.
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    By August 1990

    Markings Applied: 2, 2, 2, X

    By August 1990

    Markings Applied: painted to represent TBM-3E flown by Lt Bush (later President Bush Snr) during WWII

    August 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    21 March 1995

    Civil registration, N60393, cancelled.

    Markings Applied: X-2

    12 May 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    To Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY.
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    3 December 2018


    Photographer: Eric Boehm, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
    Notes: On display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York City. Note ball turret in display case in background.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Eric Boehm
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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