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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 85460
Grumman Avenger

Bureau #: 85460
Construction #: 2279
Civil Registration(s):
  N7032C
  C-GFPS
Model(s):
  TBM-3S Avenger
  AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2005
History:
Delivered to the United states Navy as Bu. 85460.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 85460.
Private Owner, ????.
  • Registered as N7032C
  • Crashed on take-off, Idaho City, ID, July 9, 1961.
Richardson Aviation, Yakima, WA, 1963-1972.
  • Leased to Marom Ltd, Herzelia, Israel, 1967.
    • Tree spraying contract, Greece, 1968.
Hillcrest Aircraft, Lewiston, ID, 1976.
  • Flew as #112.
  • Leased to Evergreen Air Service, Roxboro, Quebec.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton (later Chatham), New Brunswick, May 1976-2004.
  • Registered as C-GFPS.
  • Flown as tanker #E32, later #3.
FEW TBMS LLC, Rio Grande, NJ, January 18, 2005.
  • Registered as N145WB.
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.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2005.
Photo Source(s):
Forest Protection Ltd
Sandy McKinnon
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