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AVENGER/Bu. 53522
Grumman Avenger Bu 53522

       
Bureau #: 53522
Construction #:
  3584
Civil Registration:
  N7410C
  N88HP
  N188TD
Model(s):
  TBM-3E Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2004
History:
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 53522.
Stencel Aero Engineering, Ashville, NC, 1963-1972.
- Registered as N7410C.
- Damaged when pilot's parachute deployed during fire bombing run, landed Arden, NC, April 18, 1967.
John J. Stokes, San Marcos, TX, 1977-1979.
Howard E. Parduer, Breckenridge, TX, 1979-1988.
- Registered as NX88HP.
- Registered as N88HP, October 1980.
John VanAndel/Flying Dutchman Marine Corp, Wilmington, DE, August 1989-1995.
Memphis Warbird Traders Inc, Memphis, TN, September 14, 1996-1997.
- Flown as USN 88 (later Marines 3584/88 & Marines 53522/88.
Tom Duffy/Claire Aviation, Philadelphia, PA, January 20, 1999.
Claire Aviation, Philadelphia, PA, May 1999-2004.
- Registered as N188TD.
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.
Photo Source(s):
Eric Dumigan Photography.
F. Kelly
Mike Henniger.
Caz Caswell.

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