TBF

=Freedom Wings Version=

Air Patrol Association

 * Colour Scheme - Medium Blue upper surfaces. Pale under surfaces. Star and Bar on upper port wing, lower starboard wing and fuselage.  3X in white on Dark Blue band on middle of tail fin. White 3 on fuselage between upper gun turret and tailfin.
 * Acquisition Location - Decente Hanger (former aircraft of Sebastian Butler)
 * Initial Armament - 9mm Gun with 750 rounds
 * Modification ratings -

Pirates

 * Colour Scheme - Overall midnight Blue with British Roundels on upper and lower wings and fuselage. Yellow/Black stripes on fuselage.
 * Location - Decente
 * Level - ?
 * Experience - 2,100
 * Value - 1,800

=Comments= Another outstanding design from the Grumman "Ironworks", the Avenger proved to be an extremely versatile design. Large numbers of the types served with the US Navy and fought from the Battle Of Midway onwards. Originally designed as a torpedo bomber, the Avenger proved to be a capable conventional bomber and later served as an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) and AEW (Airborne Early Warning) aircraft and fulfilled these roles well into the mid-fifties. Large numbers of Avengers found postwar roles with the RCN, Aeronavale, Japan and the Netherlands.

The Avengers usefulness extended to post-war civilian life. Number of Avengers were modified for use as firebombers by removing the turret and military equipment and installing tanks in the bomb bays. Several of these fire bombers still fill this role today while others have been restored back to there military configuration and have proved to be popular warbirds.

=Variants=
 * TBM-3E: ASW search and attack equipment
 * TBM-3W and -3W2: Early Warning aircraft with huge belly radar
 * TBM-3U: Tug
 * TBM-3R: COD (carrier on-board delivery) aircraft with seven passenger seats
 * Avenger AS.4: Designation of 100 TBM-3E Avengers that served with the Fleet Air Arm

=Final Delivery= (New): September 1945 (Rebuilt): August 1954

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