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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:Avenger AS.3
    Last Military Serial:85597 RCN
    Construction Number:2416
    Last Civil Registration:N704QZ
    Compressed ID:Fairey Aviation Avenger AS.3 sn 855...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fagen Flighters Restroation Llc, Granite Falls, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an Avenger AS.3 by Fairey Aviation at Canada.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 85597.

    From 23 June 1952 to 17 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Navy with s/n 85597.

    Transferred to VS 881.
    Operated with markings: 381

    Transferred to VS 880.

    17 January 1958

    To Skyway Air Services Ltd, Langley, BC with new c/r CF-IMK.

    Operated as fire service #602.

    1969

    To Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford BC keeping c/r CF-IMK.

    Operated as fire service #602.

    August 1974


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: CF-IMK - TBM-3 Avenger - Conair at Abbotsford in August 1974

    August 1977

    To Forrest Protection Limited with new c/r C-FIMK.
    Purchased for $20,000.

    Operated as fire service #602.

    Operated as fire service #2.

    From 1985 to 1993

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Fredericton.

    1994

    To Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA.

    27 February 1994

    To Byron D. Neely, Austin, TX with new c/r N704QZ.

    14 January 2003

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX keeping c/r N704QZ.

    Operated by Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    Operated by Commemorative Air Force-Florida Wing, Deland Municipal Sidney H. Taylor Airport, DeLand, FL.
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    29 August 2013

    Civil registration, N704QZ, cancelled.

    30 January 2023

    To Fagen Flighters Restroation Llc, Granite Falls, MN with new c/r N704QZ.

    23 May 2023


    Photographer: Fagen Fighters
    Notes: Arrival of project for restoration
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited
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     Terry Fletcher
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