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AVENGER/Bu. 85861
Grumman Avenger

Bureau #: 85861
Construction #: 2680
Civil Registration(s):
  None
Model(s):
  TBM-3S Avenger
  AS Mk. 3 Avenger
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2007
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as 85861.
- BOC:July 15, 1950.
- SOC: September 16, 1953.
- Crashed in Bedford Bay, near HMCS Shearwater, August 6, 1953.
CFB Shearwater Aviation Museum, NS, 1973-2007.
- Recovered from the sea.
- Restored for static display.


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):
Barrie MacLeod

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