Dates

Event

Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors.

24 May 1945

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 53420.

Circa July 1945

Transferred to Torpedo Squadron 36 (VT-36), USS Siboney (CVE-112).

From 31 July 1945 to 18 August 1945

Flown on multiple occasions by Ensign Howard Ricke.

August 1950

Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

19 October 1950

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Navy with s/n 53420 as a Avenger III and operated with these markings: 343.

26 October 1951

Transferred to Fairey Aircraft of Canada.

By 3 April 1952

Converted to an Avenger AS.3 by Fairey Aviation at Canada.

From 17 April 1952 to 11 August 1954

Transferred to 881, 30 CAG.

8 October 1954

Converted to an Avenger AS.3M by Fairey Aviation at Canada.

6 August 1955

Transferred to VS 880.

6 February 1956

Transferred to VX 10.

28 May 1957

Transferred to VS 880 (IR).

7 January 1958

Transferred to VU 32.

27 April 1958

Crashed.
A/C taxiied into wooden hut enclosing steam pipe, pilot error.

5 July 1960

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Navy.

27 September 1960

To Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC with new c/r CF-KCM.
Purchased from Crown Assets Disposal Corp at RCN air station Shearwater, NS.

Operated as fire service #616.

1969

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

1975

Photographer: John W Olafson Collection
Notes: CF-KCM - Conair TBM Avernger at Kamloops BC in 1975

August 1977

To Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB with new c/r C-FKCM.
Purchased for $20,000.

Operated as fire service #16.

8 June 1981

Crashed.
Owned by FPL and piloted by W. Farrell experienced a loss of engine power while taking off from Boston Brook Airstrip. The take-off was aborted and the aircraft came to a stop in the cleared but upgraded area beyond the south end of the runway. The pilot was not injured but the aircraft was extensively damaged; it was later repaired.

From 1990 to 1994

Withdrawn from use.
Stored Fredericton, NB.

December 1993

To Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA.

December 1993

Civil registration, C-FKCM, cancelled.

11 February 1994

To Vintage Wings, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N420GP.

July 1994

Transported by ground.
Trucked dismantled from Fredericton to Seattle.

22 August 2000

To Douglas J. Rued, Minot, ND keeping c/r N420GP.

16 May 2001

Certificate of airworthiness for N420GP (TBM-3, 53420) issued.

29 July 2004

To David OMaley/Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH keeping c/r N420GP.

Based at Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH.
View the Location Dossier

30 July 2006

Crashed.
There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Whitman Regional Airport (OSH) Oshkosh, WI, United States while taxiing. The damage was minor. A Grumman TBM-3, Avenger, sustained minor damage when it taxied into the empennage and fuselage of an amateur-built RV-6. Both aircraft were taxiing for takeoff on Papa taxiway (35 feet wide, ashphalt), which paralleled runway 18 at the Wittman Regional Airport (OSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The accident occurred during the EAA AirVenture 2006 air show...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

18 December 2013

Photographer: Kenneth Smith

5 January 2016

Certificate of airworthiness for N420GP (TBM-3, 53420) issued.

15 May 2021

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

15 May 2021

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

15 May 2021

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

19 May 2023

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

19 May 2023

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

19 May 2023

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL