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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 69327
Grumman Avenger Bu 69327

Bureau #: 69327
Construction #:
  2066
Civil Registration(s):
  CF-KCG
Model(s):
  TBM-3S Avenger
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 69327.
  • BOC:September 27, 1950.
  • SOC: July 5, 1960.
Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC, 1961-1969.
  • Registered as CF-KCG.
  • Flew as tanker #615.
Convair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, 1969-1977.
  • Flew as tanker #615.
  • Damaged in forced landing near Sussex, NB, May 29, 1975.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1977.
  • Acquired damaged airframe.
Doug Arnold/Warbirds Of GB Ltd, Blackbushe, 1977.
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK, 1977-2019.
  • Restored for static display, 1977-1997.
  • Displayed as 69327/X3.
Grumman Avenger Bu 69327
Grumman Avenger Bu 69327
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):
Tony Chambers Photography.
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