Abstract Avenger T B M Moffett Field
by Jack Pumphrey
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Abstract Avenger T B M Moffett Field
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Jack Pumphrey
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Photograph - Photography
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The 1943 Navy TBF Avenger was designed and built initially by the Grumman company and designated TBF, however, the Navy decided to ask General Motors to open another production line for the design, the General Motors version was designated the TBM, but was otherwise identical, the Avenger first entered combat during the Battle of Midway, and despite a poor performance in that engagement went on to be the primary torpedo bomber of the war, later versions of the aircraft designated TBM-3 had a more powerful engine and the "E" variant was equipped with a special anti-submarine radar,
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