Marine TBM-3 squadron on Iwo Jima Spring 1945
TBM-3 from USS Essex (CV-9) Saigon area 12 January 1945 5
TBFs from USS Essex over Guam on invasion day July 15, 1944
TBM-3 “White 118” of VMTB-242 on Iwo Jima, Motoyama
Marine TBM-3 Avenger of VMTB-242 on Iwo Jima Motoyama 3
Grumman XTBF-3 BuNo 24341 with drop tank 31 August 1944
Avenger takes off from flight deck of USS Card (CVE-11)
First Avenger lands at Aslito Field during Battle of Saipan
USMC Avengers strike on Munda New Georgia 9 July 1943
TBF-1 on board USS Santee (CVE-29), 25 September 1942
TBF-1 Avenger code 32-C-3 of the VC-32 in flight
TBF-1 “12” aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) 31 October 1943
TBF-1 A20 flies over of USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) June 1944
Avengers from USS Hancock over the central Philippines 6 November 1944
TBF-1 and F6F Hellcat
Avengers USS Nassau 6 September 1943
TBF-1 Avenger in color 1944
Avengers at NAS North Island 12 August 1942
TBM USS Chenango CVE-28 1945
TBF-1 Avenger ready to launch from USS Lexington 1943
Formation of TBF-1 Avengers in South Pacific
Crashed TBF-1 USS Charger 16 March 1943 2
TBF D81
TBF-1 22
TBM damaged during the typhoon on board USS Anzio (CVE-57), 17 December 1944 2
Avengers on deck of Carrier in heavy seas Atlantic 1944
USMC Avengers strike on Munda New Georgia 9 July 1943 2
TBM crash aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944
Marine Avengers taxi for take off at Piva Field Bougainville 1944
TBM-3 from USS Suwannee (CVE-27), pilot E.J. Halcin on ASW patrol Okinawa 1 April 1945
TBM-3 “White 89” aboard carrier USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84)
TBF Avenger firing HVAR Holy Moses rockets 1945
TBM crash aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944 2
Damaged TBM “111”
TBMs from USS Hancock CV-19 12 January 1945
VT-24 personnel at work on the flight deck of the USS Santee in 1945
TBF crew September 3, 1944
Marine pilots hang laundry above wing of Avenger
TBM-3 J74
Avenger taking off from Essex-class carrier
Marine Avengers headed to strike on Munda Airfield 9 July 1943
SBD, F6F and Avengers aboard CVL 1943-44
Early TBF-1
Avenger lands aboard USS Nassau (CVE-16) 6 September 1943
Avengers over carrier en route to raid on Japanese Bases 30 July 1944
XTBF-3 1943
TBM-3 S44
Crash of TBM-1 J29 of VC-66 aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944 2
TBF-1 Avenger 1942 2
TBF-1C from USS Coral Sea on patrol over Makin Island 20 November 1943
TBF-1 crashing during operations aboard USS Suwannee 7 April 1943 3
TBM-3 from USS Essex Saigon area 12 January 1945 2
TBF-1 JATO
Grumman Tarpon
TBM-3 “86” of USS Saginaw Bay 9 July 1945
TBF-1 13
TBM-3 from USS Essex Saigon area 12 January 1945 3
Prototype XTBF-1 BuNo 2540 1941
TBF Henderson Field
TBM damaged during the typhoon on board USS Anzio 18 December 1944
USS Card crash of TBF-1 “Black 17” over the side 8 December 1942
Crashed TBF-1 aboard USS Charger 23 March 1943 2
Marine crew heads to their Avenger South Pacific
TBM-1C from USS Hornet CV-12 1944
British Avenger “4F” JZ450 at Squantum January 12, 1944
Wildcats and TBF-1C USS Santee November 1943
TBM-3 “White 128” from USS Essex Saigon area 12 January 1945
TBM-1C June 1944
TBF-1 43
TBM-3 from USS Tulagi over Iwo Jima 1 Mach 1945
Fleet Air Arm Grumman Avenger crewman 1943
TBF-1 over Long Island 1942
Marine patches 400 shrapnel holes in TBF on Bougainville 1944
TBF with engine running on board an escort carrier in the Atlantic
Marine ground crewman loads ammo on Avenger at Bougainville 1944
TBM-1 Avenger bomb loading
TBF rear view
TBF-3 USS Makin Island
TBM from USS Hancock Manila Bay area 25 March 1944
TBF ready for launch from the USS Independence 30 April 1943
TBF-1 code T-5 USS Charger 16 March 1943
TBF-1 of the VT-5 off USS Yorktown 1943
Crash of TBM-1 J29 of VC-66 aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944
TBF-1 Avenger T1 October 1942
Grumman TBF-1 2
Early TBF-1 Avenger January 1942
TBM-1 of the VT-28 from USS Monterey (CVL-26) Guam July 1944
TBF-1 T-1 USS Charger 23 March 1943 3
A formation of Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers on a training flight.
TBF from USS Yorktown approach burning Wake October 1943
TBF-1 taking off from the deck of USS Independence 1 May 1943
Crashed TBF-1 USS Charger 23 March 1943
TBF-1 prepared to take off USS Santee November 1943
TBF-1 formation
TBF-1 crashing during operations aboard USS Suwannee 7 April 1943 2
TBF-1 crashing during operations aboard USS Suwannee 7 April 1943
TBM damaged during the typhoon on board USS Anzio 17 December 1944
TBF-1 1942
Ens Higma in damaged TBM-3 named “Round Trip” 11 November 1944
TBM-3 “Black 19” pilot Frank Boyce
TBM-3 cockpit
TBF ready for launch from the USS Independence 30 April 1943 2
TBM-3 of VC-88 at Iwo Jima, Motoyama airfield
The landing signal officer waves the pilot of a TBM aboard USS Anzio 1945
Crash of TBM-1 J29 of VC-66 aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944 3
TBM-3 from USS Tulagi over Iwo Jima 2 March 1945 2
TBM-3 Motoyama Airfield Iwo Jima March 1945
TBM-3 of VMTB-242 on Iwo Jima Motoyama 2
TBM-1C of the VT-28 from USS Monterey Guam July 1944
USS Card crash of a TBF over the side 9 August 1943
TBM-3 from USS Tulagi over Iwo Jima 2 March 1945
TBF-1D BuNo 47670 with AN/APS-3 radar 3 November 1943
TBFs from USS Santee November 1942
Marine TBM-3E June 1945
Marine fliers with TBF named “Expectant” at Henderson Field
TBF being loaded onboard USS Altamaha (CVE-18) May 1943
TBF with rocket bombs in rack ready to be catapulted from USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), 26 November 1943
Replacement TBM being hoisted on board USS Guadalcanal while at Bermuda 10 August 1944
TBM-3 VT-82 prepares to take off from aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) for raid on Tokyo 1945
TBM #129 of the VB-7 flying over the mountains of Luzon during an aerial strike at Japanese shipping in the Philippines 1945
TBF with rocket bombs in rack ready to be catapulted from USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), 26 November 1943 3
Avenger with rocket bombs in rack ready to be catapulted from USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), 26 November 1943 2
Pilot of TBF misses barrier on his aircraft carrier overruns flight deck and plunges into the forward 5” gun mount
Members of VT-1 James Sparks, James S. Thorburn and William R. Richards at NAS Seattle upon return home for rest and reassignment 1944
Avenger of VB-7 flying from the USS Hancock over burning ships of a Japanese convoy during 3rd Fleets sweep of the South China Sea, January 12, 1945
Lt(jg) Jesse Huggins of VT-15 brings his TBF in for a landing on the flight deck of the USS Essex despite the loss of one wheel during the Battle for Leyte Gulf
TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) was a torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air or naval arms around the world. It entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway.