Grumman TBF TBM Avenger | World War Photos

TBF Avenger part 1

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: TBM Avenger of VC-69 on the flight deck of the USS Bogue CVE-9 1944

: TBF Avenger of VT-31 drifts over the port catwalk of the carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28) during an attempted recovery on December 14, 1943

: TBF Avenger takes off from flight deck of USS Card 1943

: TBF Avenger Vella Lavella on January 24, 1944

: Painting of MIA Ace Gregory Boyington presented to his Mother. Avenger in the background.

: TBM Avenger of VC-75 off the escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) pictured after becoming the first aircraft to land on the embattled island of Peleliu on September 18, 1944

: XTBF-3 in flight near NAS Patuxent River December 16 1943

: Ordnancemen handle a cart with a bomb chalked with a message on the flight deck of the auxiliary carrier USS Nassau (ACV-16) supporting the invasion of Attu in the Aleutians in May 1943

: TBF Avenger on deck of USS Yorktown CV-10 1943, color photo

: TBF Avengers F4F Wildcats and an SNJ Texan tied down on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) operating on Lake Michigan on June 10 1943

: TBF Avenger being launched from USS Langley during operations off China Coast 10 October 1944

: TBM-1C of VT-7 off the carrier USS Hancock CV-19 in flight over the Pacific August 5, 1944

: TBM-1C Avenger of the VT-51 USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) over Majuro Atoll, 30 May 1944

: TBF Avenger uses JATO to take off

: Grumman TBF Avenger of the VT-8 26 March 1942 2

: Torpedo Loaded on Air Group 2 TBF Avengers aboard USS Hornet CV-12

: TBM-1C Avenger of the VT-51 USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) invasion of Peleliu on September 16, 1944

: TBF Avengers fly over ships of the fleet en route to bomb enemy targets on September 26, 1944

: TBM Avenger of Carrier Aircraft Service Unit CASU-22 onto catapult on board the escort carrier USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) on October 23, 1943

: TBM Avengers of Composite Squadron VC-63 off the escort carrier USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) pictured in flight over Wotje Atoll on February 9, 1944

: TBF Avengers on snow covered deck of USS Ranger CV-4, North Atlantic 1943

: TBF prepares for a water landing near a destroyer during the Okinawa invasion

: TBF Avengers, Munda Airfield New Georgia 1944

: TBF Avengers lined up at Munda New Georgia on December 6, 1943

: Crew Fight Fire of Burning TBM Avenger piloted by Lt. C.R. Dean of VT-124 on Deck of USS HANCOCK 21 January 1945

: TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers of CAG-83 off the carrier USS Essex over Japan on July 15, 1945

: British Avenger C2Y FN795 of No 785 Squadron at Crail FAA Station

: TBF, SBD and F4F from Air Group 4 on snow covered deck of USS Ranger CV-4

: Crewmen loading incendiary bombs on Avenger for raid on Tarawa, USS Lexington September 1943

: TBM-3 #36 USS Siboney CVE-112 1945

: Willys MB and TBF Avenger on Deck USS Yorktown (CV-10) during attack on Wake October 1943

: Grumman TBF Avenger during bombing raid on Marcus Island

: TBM Avenger 43 of VT-20 after returning to the carrier USS Enterprise, Philippine Islands October 1944

: Avenger landed in the sea off Okinawa

: TBF Japanese dive bomber bomb narrowly misses US carrier near Rabaul

: Avengers on deck of carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) 1944

: USS Hoggatt Bay CVE-75, June 16 1944, TBM Avenger of VC-14 crashed on landing

: TBF Avenger about to crash into ocean

: TBM-1C Avenger of VT-20 after recovery on board the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in October 1944

: TBF hangs on carrier s bow after overrunning flight deck

: USS Belleau Wood Avengers of VT-21 and F6F Hellcat of VF-21, October 1944

: British Pacific Fleet Task Force 57 Avengers head to Sakishima 1945

: crewmen load a Mark XIII torpedo on a TBM Avenger USS Bennington CV-20

: USS Independence TBM-1D Avenger #26 of VT(N)-41 September 6 1944

: Ensign A.K. Earnest’s TBF Avenger coded 8-T-1 of the VT-8. Midway June 4, 1942. Gunner AMM3c Jay D. Manning was KIA.

: TBF Avenger bombers in echelon formation

: TBM Avenger #9 of VT-50 after striking the barricade on board USS Bataan CVL-29, 1944

: TBM Avenger #413 of VT-83 “Cultured Vulture II” USS Essex in flight over Japan August 1945

: Students begin to extricate themselves from the fuselage of a TBF Avenger during an escape drill at NAS Ft. Lauderdale Florida on August 8, 1944

: TBM-3E 80 on board carrier USS Saginaw Bay CVE-82 – September 9 1945

: TBF Avenger crashes in Pacific 1945

: TBF JATO USS ALTAMAHA March 1944

: Airmen Buried at Sea in TBF from Deck of Carrier

: TBM of VC-83 making the 4000th landing on the USS Sargent Bay CVE-83 on May 13, 1945

: TBM-3E Avenger #417 of the VT-83 with Nose Art

: TBM-3 Avengers of VT-2 with wheels and arrester hooks down above the carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) after a strike on Guam July 18 1944

: TBF Avengers of CVLG-50 on the flight deck of USS Bataan CVL-29 – July 20, 1944

: Fleet Air Arm Tarpon takes off

: Avengers of VT-4 return to USS Essex after strike on Saigon 1945

: TBM Avenger 92 of the VT-26 USS Santee in flight on October 20 1944

: TBM Avenger of VT-87 in flight near NAAS Oceana Virginia on October 22, 1944

: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm TBM Avenger

: Avenger on deck of escort carrier USS Sargent Bay CVE-83

: Avenger #22 on deck of carrier USS Anzio during a typhoon east of the Philippines 17 December 1944

: TBM-3 #301 of VT-84 after it landed aboard the carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) February 19, 1945

: TBF-1 fly over Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll during the pre invasion 20 November 1943

: TBF and aircraft carrier elevator

: TBF-1C of VC-9 prior to its launching from the USS Mission Bay CVE-59 January 1, 1944

: Avengers prepare to take off from USS Monterey CVL-26 to attack targets on Tinian June 1944

: TBM-3 of the 314 of VT-4 launches from USS Essex CV-9 off Japan on February 22, 1945

: TBF Avenger, Fiji 11 1942

: Lt. W.D. Seeley 1st Rocket Attack on U-Boot on Wing of TBF Avenger 1944

: TBM-3 Avenger of VMTB-233 pictured on the deck of the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) the first flattop to embark an all-Marine air group on February 7, 1945

: TBM Avengers of Torpedo Squadron VT-88 off the carrier Yorktown (CV-10) pictured in flight over the Pacific on August 22, 1945

: TBF catapult launch on aircraft carrier

: Loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBF-1 USS Lexington CV-16 2

: TBF Avengers launched from catapult of USS Yorktown CV-10 1946

: TBF drops a practice torpedo during training 1942

: TBF #12 of VT-8 ready for launch from the USS Bunker Hill for a strike against Saipan June 10, 1944

: TBM-3 Avengers of VMTB-232 at Okinawa on May 4, 1945

: TBM-1D Avenger BuNo 45707 with AN/APS-4 search radar. Patuxent River 31 July 1944

: British Avenger/Tarpon code 4Q at Hatston 2

: TBM-3 Avenger on deck of carrier USS Cape Gloucester CVE-109 September 1945

: Marine Ordnancemen load 2000 lb bomb into the bomb bay of a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, 1944

: TBM Avenger of the VT-45 pictured catching a wire on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) on March 21, 1945

: TBM Avenger of VC-42 into other aircraft spotted on the forward section of the flight deck of the escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) during flight operations on September 18 1944

: TBM Avengers and FM Wildcats of VC-36 on the flight deck of the USS Core CVE-13 Atlantic on April 9, 1944

: TBF on street of Safi Morocco

: TBF Avenger of VT-31 scrambles from the sinking aircraft after the pilot ditched it during flight operations on board the light carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28) on September 6, 1943

: TBF Avengers at Munda Airfield New Georgia

: TBM Avengers of VT-88 USS Yorktown CV-10 in flight over the Pacific on August 22, 1945

: Crew loading torpedo on TBF aboard aircraft carrier 1943

: refuel a TBF-1 of VT-4 on the flight deck of the USS Ranger CV-4 during Operation Torch November 8 1942

: TBM E58 landing on aircraft carrier

: TBF-1 Avenger #5 USS Charger CVE-30

: TBF Avengers Munda New Georgia Solomons on October 26 1943

: TBM-3 Avenger #60 of VMTB-233 at Matsuyama Airfield on Formosa on September 5, 1945

: TBM-3E #92 of VT-89 in flight over Peking China on September 4, 1945

: TBM-3 Avenger of Composite Squadron VC-84 pictured after the pilot took a wave-off during an attempted recovery on board the escort carrier USS Makin Island (CVE-93) on January 10, 1945

: TBF Avenger of the VT-8 after Battle of Midway – 25 June 1942. Pilot Ensign Albert Earnest.

: TBF Avenger code 8-T-1 of the VT-8, 26 March 1942

: TBF Avenger on deck of USS Nassau CVE-16 – September 6 1943

: TBF-1C of the VC-6 painted in the Atlantic paint scheme of light gray and white pictured on the flight deck of the USS Tripoli CVE-64

: TBM-1C Avenger #48 of VT-10 on the hangar deck of the USS Enterprise – June 12 1944

: TBM Avenger VT-26 USS SANTEE over Panaon Island Philipines

: a pair of depth bombs are installed behind the anti-submarine torpedo “Fido” – USS Manila Bay February 1944

: Grumman TBF-1 1942

: TBM-1C Avenger of VT-18 USS Intrepid CV-11 in formation during 1944

: TBF Avengers color photo

: TBM-3E Avenger 418 USS Essex on a raid over Japan on 10 July 1945, Mt. Fujiyama in the background

: TBM-3E Avenger over USS Antietam CV-36

: Fleet Air Arm Tarpons on patrol in formation 1943

: TBM-1 Avenger flies low over the flight deck of USS Makin Island CVE-93

: TBM-1 Avenger NACA Langley Field Virginia on November 20, 1943

: TBM-1D Avenger of the VT(N)-41 launches from the USS Independence CVL-22 October 4 1944

: Grumman Tarpon Mk I

: TBM-1 Avenger #12 of VK-12 on Barnika in the Russell Islands, June 27, 1944

: Cockpit of a British TBF Avenger/Tarpon

: Grumman TBF-1 Avenger 1943

: Crew Fight Fire of Burning TBM Avenger piloted by Lt. C.R. Dean of VT-124 on Deck of USS HANCOCK 21 January 1945 2

: Destroyed TBM Avenger #122 on the hangar deck of the USS Monterey December 19, 1944

: Capt Isbell, Cmdr Snider Avengers takeoff from USS Card 1943

: Tarpon landing on the HMS TRUMPETER

: TBM-1C Avenger of VT-87 launching from the deck of the USS Randolph CV-15 in the Atlantic November 15, 1944

: TBF-1C Avenger #92 of VT-26 after it ditched following a catapult mishap on board the USS Bataan CVL-29 March 13, 1944

: Crew loads 500 lb bombs on TBF at Guadalcanals Henderson Field

: Grumman TBF packed for shipment to the England

: TBF-1 Avenger makes landing approach

: June 15, 1944 as Ens Shipes flying a TBF-1 Avenger of VC-8 records the 1700th landing on board the USS Guadalcanal CVE-60

: TBF flies over an anchorage full of ships in the Marshall Islands on May 23 1944

: TBM Avenger 315 of CAG87 USS Ticonderoga CV-14, June 7, 1945 off Okinawa

: TBF on an aircraft carrier’s elevator

: TBF Avenger Swoops over Flight Deck of Carrier USS Santee (CVE-29) – 1943

: TBF-1 Avenger white 7

: Avenger on deck of carrier moving thru heavy seas

: TBM-1D Avenger BuNo 45473 fitted with radar – July 1944

: TBF VT 5 launching from USS Yorktown

: TBM Avenger #66 of the VT(N)-90 trapped on board the carrier USS Enterprise on March 8, 1945

: Damaged TBF Avenger #113 USS BENNINGTON CV-20 1945

: The first production TBF-1 Avenger at the Grumman in Bethpage January 9. 1942

: Destroyed TBF Avenger

: Escort carrier USS Sangamon (CVE-26) with TBM-1C Avengers of Torpedo Squadron VT-37 pictured spotted on the flight deck in 1944

: Grumman Tarpon code 4L FN936 of No 846 Squadron FAA

: TBF practice torpedo attacks November 1942

: TBF on the flight deck of an escort carrier operating in the Atlantic on June 13, 1944

: Grumman TBF-1 Avenger 1943 color photo 2

: TBF #22 in water alongside USS Coral Sea

: TBF-1C Avenger white 5 of the VT-32 in flight over the waters off Oahu January 16, 1944

: TBF-1 Avengers of VT-7 on the flight deck USS Wasp CV-7

: Avenger during bombing raid on Marcus Island 1943

: F6F-3 Hellcats and TBM-1C white 2 and 3 on the flight deck of the USS Bataan, Hawaii July 20 1944

: TBF-1 Avenger of the VGS-26 launches from the carrier USS Charger (CVE-30) July 31, 1942

: TBM Avenger at NAS Anacostia May 1943

: FAA Avenger/Tarpon Mk I code 4L FN936 of No. 850 Squadron FAA at Hatston

: XTBF-3 Avenger BuNo 24341 at Patuxent River, June 1945

: TBF Avenger of the VT-8 Midway 25 June 1942

: TBF Avenger 22-C-4 of VC-22 in carrier landing configuration on May 1 1943

: TBM-1C Avenger from VC-11 USS Nehenta Bay CVE-74 supporting the invasion of Tinian July 25, 1944

: Ordnancemen load Mk 10 mines into the bomb bay of a TBF Avenger VT-16 on the flight deck of the carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) on March 29, 1944

: TBM Avenger of VT-31 pictured after recovering on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Cabot (CVL-28) operating in the Pacific on July 11, 1944

: TBM Avenger #85 of VT-18 from USS Intrepid attack on Okinawa

: Grumman Avengers of VC-38 near Espiritu Santo 1943

: TBF take off with JATO USS Makassar Strait 2

: TBM-1C Avenger of VC-80 on the flight deck of the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) damaged by a kamikaze hit – January 5. 1945

: TBF-1 Avenger code 4-T-2 of the VT-4 dropping torpedo 1942

: TBF Avenger takes off from USS Princeton (CVL-23) for Ryukyus Raid 1944

: British Avengers Mk I 4M FN908, 4F and 4D of No. 846 Squadron FAA

: A pair of depth bombs are installed behind the Mark 24 acoustic torpedo “Fido” – USS Manila Bay February 1944 2

: Landing Signal Officer (LSO) on board the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine (IX-64) steaming in Lake Michigan watches a TBF Avenger during carrier qualification on April 10, 1943

: TBM-1C Avenger of VT-7 on the flight deck of the USS Hancock (CV-19) May 27, 1944

: TBM-3 of VMTB-233 on board USS Block Island (CVE-106) during operations off San Diego February 7, 1945

: TBM-3E Avenger #3 of VT-33 in flight over USS Sangamon March 2,7 1945

: TBF Avenger white 55 Fiji 1942

: TBM Avenger of VT-4 off the carrier USS Essex (CV-9) en route to attack Formosa with an escort of F4U Corsairs of VMF-124 and 213 on January 3, 1945

: Avenger of 846 Squadron FAA being catapulted off HMS TRUMPETER

: TBF-1 white 18 over Wake island – color photo

: Tarpon 4B of No 846 Squadron taxi-ing out to the runway

: TBM-1C Avenger of VT-4 en route back to the carrier USS Essex Saigon in Indochina on January 12, 1945

: Loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBF-1 USS Lexington

: gun crew covers TBF landing on USS Card 1943

: TBM-3 Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron VC-84 off the escort carrier USS Makin Island (CVE-93) pictured in flight on January 9, 1945

: Aviation ordnancemen service .50 caliber machine guns

: TBF-1 Avenger 121 of the VT-5 after deck crash on USS Yorktown CV-10

: TBM Avenger #102 from USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) flying over Mt. Suribachi after the island of Iwo Jima was officially declared secure in March 1945

: TBF flying over the landing beaches near Tacloban on 20 October

: TBF Avengers on deck of USS Cowpens (CVL-25) 1943

: TBF Avenger and Japanese prisoner of war

: TBF Avenger takes off with Jet Assistance

: Loading a torpedo into a British Avengers

: TBM-1 Avengers of VT-37 on deck of USS Sangamon

: TBF take off with JATO USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)

: TBF attacks Japanese ships at Amami Shima 1945

: TBM-3E Avengers #93, 92 of the VT-89 in flight over Hong Kong, September 1945

: TBF-1C of VT-15 in flight July 21, 1944

: TBM of VT-12 on the hangar deck of the USS Randolph (CV-15) on March 11, 194

: TBM Avenger U21 of VC-71 in flight over California on March 12, 1945

: TBM-3 Avenger #5 of VC-84 USS Makin Island (CVE-93) ready to launch, Okinawa on April 3, 1945

: TBF-1 Avenger of VGS-13 take off – USS Core ACV-13 February 15, 1943

Grumman TBF Avenger (General Motors TBM) was an American three-place torpedo bomber. The TBF Avenger entered U.S. Navy service in May 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway with VT-8.

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