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Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors. |
3 March 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 91426. |
March 1945 |
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Transferred to Fleet All-Weather Training Unit, Atlantic (FAWTULANT), Key West, FL. |
From 3 August 1945 to January 1946 |
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Transferred to USMC Aircraft Replacement Pool, San Diego, CA. |
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Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Training (NART) NAS Willow Grove, PA. |
19 August 1952 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Navy with s/n 91426 and operated with these markings: 908. |
1952 |
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Converted to an Avenger AS.3M by Fairey Aviation at Canada. |
1952 |
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Transferred to Composite Squadron 920 (VC920), Naval Reserve, HMCS York, Toronto, ON. |
5 July 1960 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Navy. |
From 1961 to 1970 |
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To Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC with new c/r CF-MUE. |
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Operated as fire service #618. |
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Operated as fire service #18. |
From 1969 to 1977 |
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To Conair Aviation, Abbotsford, BC keeping c/r CF-MUE. |
By 27 June 1970 |
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Operated as fire service #618. |
27 June 1970 |
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Photographer: Tim Martin
Notes: 1970 photo at Winnipeg - in service with Conair of Abbotsford/BC, this Grumman Avenger spray-plane is here, in company with several stable-mates, en route to PEI for the the annual potatoe fly eradication program |
From 1 August 1977 to 2001 |
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To Forest Protection Services, Frederickton, NB keeping c/r CF-MUE.
Markings added: 618 / 18 |
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Operated as fire service #618. |
July 1988 |
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Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
Notes: CF-MUE - TBM-3 Avenger - Forest Protection at Fredericton in July 1988 |
By 24 July 1991 |
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Operated as fire service #18. |
24 July 1991 |
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Photographer: Tim Martin
Notes: 1991 photo at Fredericton NB. - One of several WWII Grumman Avenger torpedo planes converted for spraying and used by Forest Protection Ltd. As they get replaced by Air Tractors, they are eagerly snapped up by warbird collectors. This one went south in 2001 |
From 1991 to 1995 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Inactive - stored. |
18 August 1998 |
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To Confederate Air Force, Midland, TX with new c/r CF-MUE. |
2001 |
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Ferry flight.
Ferried from Fredericton, NB to Fredrick, MD. |
18 April 2001 |
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To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX with new c/r N40402. |
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Operated by Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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To Commemorative Air Force, Midland, TX. |
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Based at Frederick Municipal Airport, Frederick, MD.
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Based at Commemorative Air Force-Capital Wing, Culpeper County Airport, Remington, VA.
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From 2009 to 2014 |
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Restored.
The work was carried out at Jack Koskoas facility in Fawn Grove, PA. |
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Markings Applied: 95
It is in the markings of VMTB-143, which flew off the USS Gilbert Islands in the summer of 1945. |
18 April 2014 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX40402 (TBM-3, 91426) issued. |
18 April 2014 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
27 May 2014 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL40402 (TBM-3, 91426) issued. |
24 August 2015 |
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To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N40402. |
By 10 October 2015 |
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Markings Applied: DORIS MAY, P87 |
10 October 2015 |
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Photographer: Robert Abbott
Notes: Took these photos at the 2015 Culpeper Airfest at Culpeper airport in Brandy Station Virginia. Plane is owned and operated by the National Capitol Squadron CAF based at the Culpeper County Airport. |
10 October 2015 |
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Photographer: Robert Abbott
Notes: Took these photos at the 2015 Culpeper Airfest at Culpeper airport in Brandy Station Virginia. Plane is owned and operated by the National Capitol Squadron CAF based at the Culpeper County Airport. |
10 October 2015 |
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Photographer: Robert Abbott
Notes: Took these photos at the 2015 Culpeper Airfest at Culpeper airport in Brandy Station Virginia. Plane is owned and operated by the National Capitol Squadron CAF based at the Culpeper County Airport. |
10 October 2015 |
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Photographer: Robert Abbott
Notes: Took these photos at the 2015 Culpeper Airfest at Culpeper airport in Brandy Station Virginia. Plane is owned and operated by the National Capitol Squadron CAF based at the Culpeper County Airport. |
27 April 2018 |
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Photographer: Owen ORourke
Notes: At Joint Base Charleston (KCHS) |
14 May 2021 |
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Photographer: Mike Fuller
Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport/KVYS |
15 May 2021 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL |
15 May 2021 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL |
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