Warbird Information Exchange

I had met Red Jensen a couple of times when my father was buying parts from him.

We attended the auction and I did take pictures, but they are B&W and I will have to find the negatives and scan them.
I also have the auction notice and listing somewhere that I'll scan when I find it, too.

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I found the auction listing, copied it, cleaned it up some and scanned it.

Here is a jpg of the page with the actual aircraft, along with some of my fathers notes.




I have a pdf of the full 11pgs, but I haven't figured out how to post it.

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item 159 TBM bought by John Crocker and flown to KOAK, i helped him remove the borate tank there.

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It appears from his note that Lon's father may have thought that Mr. Crocker paid too much!

Around 1977~78 on one of our visits to "Jensen Field" Red offered my dad and me both of the TBM's - I was still pretty young, but Red was saying 'the other one for your son' .
- two TBM's, tanked but never slurried
- original bomb bay doors
- claimed they both got new engines when they were converted
- would install new tires on both
plus
- another set of tires each
- two new engines still in the can

$12,000.
Now you could buy a really nice house in Sacramento for that back then.

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remember the Oogahonk!
old school enthusiast of Civiltary Warbirds and Air Racers

The TBM that John Crocker bought is currently is on display at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA

Would love to see those pictures

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