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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:TBM-3 Avenger
    Last Military Serial:85715 USN
    Construction Number:2534
    Last Civil Registration:N65VC
    Compressed ID:General Motors TBM-3 sn 85715 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fagen Fighters Restoration Llc, Granite Falls, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TBM-3 by General Motors.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 85715.

    From By 1961 to 1969

    To TBM Inc, Bakersfield/Tulare, CA with new c/r N1369N.

    Operated as fire service #E36.

    9 July 1961


    Photographer: Lance Nix
    Notes: at Hammer Field, Fresno, California

    20 February 1970

    To Sis-Q Flying Service Inc, Santa Rosa, CA keeping c/r N1369N.

    Operated as a agricultural sprayer/tanker with fleet #E27.

    September 1974


    Photographer: Jay Sherlock
    Notes: at Santa Rosa, California

    From December 1974 to 1994

    To Forrest Protection Limited with new c/r C-GLEF.
    Purchased by FPL for $15,000 (CDN) plus $8,000 for engine.

    Circa December 1974

    Operated as a agricultural sprayer/tanker with fleet #E27.

    17 December 1974

    Civil registration, N1369N, cancelled.

    1978

    Operated as a agricultural sprayer/tanker with fleet #8.

    After 1985

    Stored by FPL - not flown between 1985-1994.

    July 1994

    To Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings keeping c/r C-GLEF.

    July 1994

    Transported by ground.
    Trucked to Seattle, WA and dismantled.

    28 February 1995

    To Ozark Management Inc, Rolla, MO with new c/r N65VC.

    11 July 1998

    To Stricker Wes, Rolla, MO keeping c/r N65VC.

    4 June 2014

    To Stricker Wes, Rolla, MO keeping c/r N65VC.

    19 April 2018

    Civil registration, N65VC, cancelled.

    12 April 2023

    To Experimental Aircraft Assoc of Jefferson City, Holts Summit, MO keeping c/r N65VC.

    22 May 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N65VC.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Granite Falls, MN.

    22 June 2024

    To Fagen Fighters Restoration Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N65VC.
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    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited
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     Terry Fletcher
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