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The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM [1] for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.
The General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American attack aircraft from General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas. It was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Its Avenger II name was taken from the Grumman TBF Avenger of ...
TBM-3 NZ2518 TBF-1 NZ2504 Airworthy TBM-3. 91110 - Brendon Deere, based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, painted as NZ2518 "Plonky" (build number 47733). [11]On display TBF-1. 24336 - RNZAF serial NZ2504, RNZAF Museum in Wigram, New Zealand, painted in its original colours as RNZAF serial NZ2504.
Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber: 1941: retired 1966: 9,839: Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft: 1945: retired 1955: 389 [notes 3] Grumman XTB2F torpedo bomber: n/a: abandoned 1944 project: 0: Hall XPTBH torpedo bomber: 1937: retired prototype: 1: Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK torpedo/dive bomber – prototype: 1945: project scrapped 1946: 5 ...
Grumman AF-2W Guardian [39] 1950–1957 154: United States Navy: Grumman TBM-3W Avenger [40] 1945–1950 40: French Aéronavale: Grumman TBM-3W Avenger: 1952–1960 40: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: Grumman TBM-3W Avenger: 1954–1961 ? Netherlands Marine Luchtvaart Dienst: Grumman TBM-3W Avenger: 1954–1960 24: Royal Canadian Navy ...
A Fairey Gannet AS.4 A Grumman Avenger AS.5, albeit one of 744 Naval Air Squadron. The squadron disbanded some time after the war and reformed in 1947 from 744 Squadron, flying Grumman Avengers, which were replaced with Fairey Gannets, the last fixed-wing aircraft of the squadron when it disbanded at RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), July 1958. [6]
Ruler was tasked with providing fighter and anti submarine protection for the Fleet Train replenishment ships supporting the fleet, with 885 Naval Air Squadron supplementing its eighteen Grumman Hellcats with four Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duties.
Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers from HMS Indefatigable forming up for a raid on a Japanese oil refinery at Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra. By 1944, the German Navy no longer presented a major threat and the Royal Navy was able to transfer major units to the Far East. This would fulfil a British wish to become involved in the Pacific War.