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TBF Avenger part 2

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: 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.