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AVENGER/Bu. 85844
Grumman Avenger Bu. 858

Bureau #: 85844
Construction #: 2663
Civil Registration(s):
  N106Z
  N3356G
Model(s):
  TBM-3U Avenger
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1970
History:
U.S. Forestry Service, Davis, CA, 1956-1959.
- Registered as N106Z.
- Registration cancelled, August 1959.
Hemet Valley Flying Servie, Hemet, CA, 1963-1970.
- Registered as N3356G.
- Flew as tanker #E75.
- Crashed and destroyed while fire bombing, July 28, 1970.
- Pilot Dick Ranck was able to walk away from crash.
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):
Barry Rudolph

Research Assistance:
Barry Rudolph
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