Warbird Information Exchange

Happy Thanksgiving folks. Make it a nice one and a safe one ... all the best to you and yours

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Here's the first of many birds over the next couple days ... Somewhat unusual setup IMO. Anyone care to elaborate?


Photo states: TBF-1 probably assigned to FABU-1 pictured on the deck of the escort carrier USS Mission Bay CVE-59 date unknown

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I always thought the pitot tube on the TBF/TBM was on the left wing. First time I've ever seen it on the right wing. At first I thought maybe the image was reversed, but the radio room hatch and the .30 cal nose gun are in the correct places.

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[quote="Mark Allen M"]Happy Thanksgiving folks. Make it a nice one and a safe one ... all the best to you and yours

M

Here's the first of many birds over the next couple days ... Somewhat unusual setup IMO. Anyone care to elaborate?

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Hmmm ... Perhaps that flat railing under the B.Bay Door? Me thinks I've seen it before, but I have the Other Turkey on my mind (Lips !)
Oops! Great pic.s also, Jeff, I love the ones just over(?) the field!

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This Thanksgiving Turkey thread will be nothing but out of the ordinary type stuff. I'm quite sure all you guys are sick and tired of me posting the usual airplane photos.

Here's two more to match the first photo I posted. Pick up on what it is now?

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Bendix Ad Grumman TBF Avenger Jan 1943 issue of Skyways magazine

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AND I wanted to guess rocket rails! I guess that's what happens when one gets older & slower!

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As well as an interesting load out this Avenger appears to still be carrying the very early blue-gray over gray camo but with markings that are at least post summer of '43.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING by Cherry Bomb Photography, on Flickr

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TBM-3R of Transport Squadron Twenty-Three (VR-23) being loaded with papers and mail bags. In K-3 Korea.


Ordnancemen load Mk 10 mines into the bomb bay of a TBF-1 1C Avenger from Torpedo Squadron (VT) 16 on the flight deck of the carrier Lexington (CV 16).


Grumman XTBF-1 Avenger mock-up, 1940.


TBM-3 Avenger, with Torpedo Squadron Twenty-Nine (VT-29), on deck of CVL-28 (USS Cabot), being checked by crewman. (what's the box thing up on top there?)

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US Navy Air Group Symbols c 1944-1945 (lots of turkey wings)

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Mom preparing a Turkey ....
(I know ... that was bad)

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White or Dark? .... don't worry trust me it gets worse


Atlantic Avenger



TBM-3E Avenger of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 23 pictured in flight over San Diego, California, circa 1950

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Movie camera

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