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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 53592
Grumman Avenger 53592

Bureau #: 53592
Construction #: 3654
Civil Registration(s):
  N5168V
  C-GFPQ
Model(s):
  TBM-3E Avenger
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1982
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 53592, 1960.
Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, CA, 1963-1972.
  • Registered as N5168V.
  • Flew as tanker #E68.
Hillcrest Aircraft, Lewiston, ID, 1973-1976
  • Flew as tanker #68.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, June 1976-1982.
  • Registered as C-GFPQ.
  • Flew as tanker #68, later as #15.
  • Crashed and destroyed by fire, near North Branch Gounamitz River, Edmunston, NB, June 8, 1982.
  • Pilot Robert McLean fatally injured.
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):
Jay Sherlock via Christopher Adam

Research Assistance:
Christopher Adam
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