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AVENGER/Bu. 53638
TBM Avenger Bu. 53638 WRG# 0002194

Bureau #: 53638
Construction #:
  3800
Civil Registration:
  CF-KCL
  C-FKCL
  N109K
Model(s):
  TBM-3S Avenger
  Avenger AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2012
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 53638.
- BOC:August 19, 1952.
- SOC: July 5, 1960.
Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC, 1961-1969.
- Registered as CF-KCL.
- Flew as tanker #609.
Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, 1969-1977.
- Flew as tanker #609.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1977-1978.
- Registered as C-FKCL.
- Crashed after striking water, sank, Oromcoto Lake, NB.
Allan Rubin/International Vintage Aircraft, Hamilton, Ontario, 1986-1993.
- Arrived disassembled, Markham, Ontario, 1986.
- Under restoration to fly, Markham, Ontario, 1992-1993.
Jack Kosko, 1999.
- Restoration to airworthy, MD.
- Donated to Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA, 1999-2012
- Registered as N109K.
TBM Avenger Bu. 53638 WRG# 0002192
TBM Avenger Bu. 53638 WRG# 0002193
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):
Geoff Davidson.
Unknown.
C. Adam

Research Assistance:
C. Adam.
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