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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 85733
Grumman Avenger 85733

Bureau #: 85733
Construction #:
  2552
Civil Registration(s):
  N6824C
  C-GLEK
Location: 46°28'05.2"N 66°23'57.0"W
Model(s):
  TBM-3E Avenger
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 85733.
Wilson Aviation Industries, Lewiston, ID, 1963.
  • Registered as N6824C.
Hillcrest Aircraft Co, Lewiston, ID, 1963-1964.
Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT, 1966-1972.
  • Flew as tanker #A12.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1974-1998.
  • Registered as C-GLEK.
  • Flew as tanker #14.
  • Leased from Evergreen Air Service, Roxboro, Quebec.
  • Crashed, forced landing into trees, near Miramichi City, NB, 1998.
Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Halifax, NS, 1998-2001.
Stoed, not Collected
Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum, Boisetown, NB, 2002-2019.
  • Restored for static display.
Grumman Avenger 85733
Grumman Avenger 85733
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):
Merrill McBride via Christopher Adam
Forest Protection Limited via Christopher Adam.

Research Assistance:
Christopher Adam
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