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General Motors TBM Avenger
See also Grumman TBF Avenger

List by United States Navy (USN) Bureau Number
TBM-1
TBM 24803  displayed at the USS Intrepid museum
TBM-1C
TBM 16923  pilot Savage crashed September 8, 1944, 2 missing, 1 prisoner/missing
TBM 16956  pilot Baxter crashed September 13, 1944, 1 missing
TBM 17018  pilot Manown crashed September 10, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 22889  pilot Cosbie crashed February 18, 1945, 3 missing
TBM 25126  assigned to VT-305, April 15, 1944 night spotter mission, April 19, 1944 bombing mission Rabaul, aborted due to bad weather
TBM 25127  assigned to VT-305, April 26, 1944 bombing mission Vunakanau Airfield
TBM 25129  assigned to VT-305, April 28, 1944 bombing mission Rabaul, aborted due to bad weather
TBM 25134  assigned to VT-305, April 15, 1944 spotter mission
TBM 25183  assigned to VT-305, April 21, 1944 spotter mission
TBM 25273  pilot Barnard crashed March 31, 1944 pilot rescued, 2 missing
TBM 25288  pilot Isely crashed June 13, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 25344  assigned to VT-305, April 17, 1944 bombing mission Mamagat mission
TBM 25424  pilot Merrell MIA June 12, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 25443  pilot Larsen ditched April 1, 1944
TBM 23583  assigned to VT-305, April 15, 1944 bombing mission Lakunai Airfield
TBM 25642  pilot McIndoe crashed December 17, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 24382  assigned to VT-305, April 12, 1944 bombing mission Talili Bay supply area
TBM 24515  assigned to VT-305, April 13, 1944 spotter and bombing mission Lakunai Airfield
TBM 25125  assigned to VT-305, flown from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal to Bougainville
TBM 25127  assigned to VT-305, April 10, 1944 bombing mission Vunakanau Airfield
TBM 25121  pilot Wykes MIA May 15, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 25138  pilot Milburn MIA April 21, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 25286  pilot Lecklider crashed March 31, 1944
TBM 25303  pilot Gundlach crashed February 10, 1944, 3 missing, wreckage found 1950 remains recovered, resolved
TBM 25541  pilot Lee ditched April 17, 1944, crew rescued
TBM 46214  pilot Bush crashed September 2, 1944 2 missing
TBF 45445  pilot Hess ditched December 11, 1944
TBM 45782  pilot Cosgrove damaged November 5, 1944 and pushed overboard, 1 missing
TBM 45810  pilot Houle MIA July 27, 1944, 2 missing, 1 recovered
TBM 45676  pilot Waters crashed September 15, 1944, 3 missing
TBM 73343  pilot Hunt crashed January 16, 1945, 1 prisoner
TBM 73438  pilot Scobell crashed January 16, 1945
TBM-3
TBM 23307  pilot Taylor "Flight 19" missing December 5, 1945, 3 missing
TBM 23583  assigned to VT-305, April 15, 1944 bombing mission Lakunai Airfield
TBM 23471  pilot Buettner crashed April 14, 1945, 1 prisoner of war, survived.
TBM 53337  airworthy registered in Australia as VH-VTB
TBM 53857  airworthy registered in Australia as VH-MML
TBM-3E
TBM 69066  pilot Brega ditched September 13, 1945
TBM 91110  based at Archerfield Airfield painted in the markings of VT-83 / 309
TBM-3U
TBM 91188  under restoration at Valiant Air Command Musuem

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