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76 photos and 3 illustrations tagged tbf, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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• grummanavenger
• grumman
• grummantbfavenger
• aircraft
• avenger
• aviation
• navalaviation
• airplane
• torpedobomber
• tbm
• r2600
• twincyclone
• wrightr2600
• wrightr2600twincyclone
• wrighttwincyclone
• wright
• grummanaircraftengineeringcorporation
• grummantbf
• wrightaeronautical
• tbfavenger
• usnavy
• usn
• unitedstatesnavy
• tbmavenger

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• SDASM Archives 77 photos & illustrations
• National Library NZ on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• Florida Memory 1 photo / illustration

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World War Two Squadron

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  George Gay, Torpedo 8's (VT-8) sole surviving Douglas TBD Devastator pilot from the Battle of Midway. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Gay,_Jr.

Japanese 1 Avenger

from SDASM Archives

• Ed Dempsey said:

  Looks like it has been fitted with an under-wing ASW spotlight for catching subs on the surface, at night. There is another pod under the starboard wing. Maybe radar ?

• Veedubber79 said:

  May be the same pods seen in PictionID:43100093 -- perhaps standard on the -3E version? www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/19785248339/in/photos...

Grumman TBF-1

from SDASM Archives

• greenac1 said:

  it looks like he could accidentaly shoot off the tail

• Laurette McGovern said:

  my understanding is that was the heaviest single engine plane of the war