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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:TBM-3E Avenger
    Last Military Serial:91521 USN
    Construction Number:4426
    Last Civil Registration:N4171A
    Compressed ID:General Motors TBM-3E sn 91521 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:TBM Avenger Llc, Huntington, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1945

    Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 91521.

    1957

    To Reeder Flying Service, Twin Falls, ID with new c/r N4171A.
    Flew seasonal forest spraying contracts in Canada.

    Operated as fire service #D11.

    Operated as fire service #11.

    By 1971


    Photographer: Jay Sherlock

    11 May 1975


    Photographer: C.R. Wilburn, Jr.
    Notes: Havre, Montana.

    1977

    To Louis Deterding, Havre, MT keeping c/r N4171A.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Homestead General Airport (X51), Florida

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In X51.

    From 1984 to 1987

    To Donald J. von Siegel, Parkin, AR keeping c/r N4171A.

    From 1988 to 1994

    To Corwin H. Meyer, Ocala, FL keeping c/r N4171A.

    From 1989 to 1994

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: USN/25.
    Fuselage destroyed by fire during restoration on 10/89. Rebuild completed by Corky Meyer using fuselage from 53489.

    5 May 1994

    First post-restoration Flight.

    From June 1994 to 1998

    To Stephen M. Hay, Lansing, IL, later Syracuse, IN keeping c/r N4171A.

    29 June 1994

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX4171A (TBM-3E, 91521) issued.

    28 April 1998

    To Steve Hay/Wawasee Airport Inc, Syracuse, IN keeping c/r N4171A.

    From 1999 to 2002

    To Steve Hay/Northern Indiana Aviation Museum, Goshen, IN keeping c/r N4171A.

    5 February 2003

    To Freeberg Family LLP, Escondido, CA keeping c/r N4171A.

    15 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Miramar Airshow

    15 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Miramar Airshow

    30 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2013 photograph at Ramona Airport, California

    15 August 2013

    To Freeberg Family LLP, Rancho Santa Fe, CA keeping c/r N4171A.

    To Ramona Airport, Oceanside, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 25

    12 December 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N4171A.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Huntington, IN.

    5 January 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N4171A.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Huntington, IN.

    25 January 2017

    To TBM Avenger Llc, Huntington, IN keeping c/r N4171A.

    11 July 2020


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, USA

    11 July 2020


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Taken at Illinois Valley Regional Airport/KVYS

    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


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    American Aviation Historical Society
    American Aviation Historical Society
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher

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