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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 85715
Grumman Avenger Bu. 85715

Bureau #: 85715
Construction #: 2534
Civil Registration(s):
  N1369N
  C-GLEF
  N65VC
Model(s):
  TBM-3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2018
History:
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 85715.
TBM Inc, Bakersfield/Tulare, CA, 1963-1969.
  • Registered as N1369N.
  • Flew as tanker #E36.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1970-1972.
  • Flew as tanker #E36 (later #E27).
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1981-1994.
  • Registered as C-GLEF.
  • Flew as tanker #E27, later #8.
  • Leased from Evergreen Air Service, Roxboro, Quebec.
  • WFU, stored, Fredericton, 1985-1994.
Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA, July 1994.
  • Trucked to Seattle, dismantled, July 1994.
Ozark Management Inc, Rolla, MO, February 28, 1995-1998.
  • Registered as N65VC.
Wes Stricker, Rolla, MO, July 11, 1998-2018.
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.
Mike Walsh.
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.
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