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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 53785

Bureau #: 53785
Construction #:
  3847
Civil Registration(s):
  N7075C

Model(s):
  TBM-3U Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as 53785.

• BOC:June 1945.
• SOC: circa 1957.
• Allocated to VA-18A (later VA-125), June 1948.
• Deployed aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea.
• Transferred to the Oakland Naval Air Reserve.

Marsh Aviation Co, Litchfield Park, AZ, 1963-1964.

• Registered as N7075C.
• Flew as #23.

Reeder Flying Service, Twin Falls, ID, 1966-1977.

• Flown as tanker #55.

Dwight Reimer, Shafter CA, 1979-1980.

• Flew as My Assam Dragon.

Gordon Plasket, King City, CA, 1982.
Stephen Grey, Geneva, Sitzerland, 1982.

• Not delivered.

Robert Pond/Planes Of Fame East, Spring Park, MN, 1983-2019.

• Later Palm Springs Air Museum, CA
• Flown in RN/FAA Avenger Mk. III scheme as JR456/RP.

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