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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 53200
Grumman Avenger Bu. 53200

Bureau #: 53200
Construction #: 3262
Civil Registration(s):
  N9010C
  C-GLEL
Model(s):
  TBM-3S Avenger
  Avenger AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 53200.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 53200.
  • BOC:May 29, 1952.
  • SOC: January 17, 1958.
Hillcrest Aircraft, Lewiston, ID, 1963-1966.
  • Registered as N9010C.
  • Flew as tanker #D6.
Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT, 1969-1972.
  • Flew as tanker #A13.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1974-2011.
  • Registered as C-GLEL.
  • Flown as tanker #13.
Museum of Mountain Flying, Missoula, MT, 2012-2019.
Grumman Avenger Bu 53200
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Photo Source(s):
Forest Protection Ltd
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.

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