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To: r-q-tek86
That looks more like an Avenger

Yup, that's a Turkey alright.
17 posted on 01/24/2009 9:58:23 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter; BigCinBigD; r-q-tek86; Dr._Joseph_Warren
That looks more like an Avenger
Yup, that's a Turkey alright.

Agree. That is a TBF-Avenger.

How embarassing - I barely glanced at the photo scanning thru, and didn't take note of the distinctive (and, to Grumman retirees such as me, famous) wing fold mechanism design of Leroy Grumman. And the two-place canopy marks it as a bomber - thus, an Avenger, the only WWII Grumman bomber design I can call to mind (apart from a dive bomber design which was not selected for production by the Navy).

I am however aware of no way to tell from a photo whether a particular Avenger is a TBF ("TB" standing for torpedo bomber, and "F" standing for "manufactured by Grumman") as opposed to a TBM (same Grumman design, but manufactured by General Motors Corp). A large number Avengers - and Wildcats as well - were in fact manufactured by GM. Only Grumman, however, produced F6Fs.


88 posted on 01/25/2009 4:08:07 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Change is what journalism is all about. NATURALLY journalists favor "change.")
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