A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber in flight in mid-1942. [U.S. Navy] In the war’s fourth big carrier engagement (the Battle of Santa Cruz, on October 26, 1942), Avengers did not ...

New Yorkers got a glimpse of what's to come for America's 2026 semiquincentennial party with the official launch of Sail4th ...

TBF Avenger History and Specifications The TBF Avenger made her maiden flight on Aug. 7, 1941, and officially entered into operational service with the U.S. Navy in January 1942.

TJ3 History. The Forgotten WWII Hero Rediscovered After 78 Years. Posted: March 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 28, 2025. In 1944, aboard a TBF Avenger in the Pacific Theater, gunner Loyce Edward ...

Two members of the Innerspace Exploration Team, a non-profit group based in Mill Creek, found the TBF-1 Avenger torpedo-bomber last month using high-resolution sonar technology, the group ...

The Only WWII Gunner Buried in His Aircraft. ... bury him with his TBF Avenger. More for You. Trump administration revokes parole of Mexican girl receiving lifesaving care in US, ...

The Grumman TBF Avenger — designated as “TBM” for planes manufactured by General Motors — is a torpedo bomber developed for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps for use during World War II.

The name "Avenger II" stems from the TBF Avenger torpedo bomber of World War II fame. Photo: U.S. Navy. Ironically, the original Avenger was built by Grumman, a member of the enemy design team.

A TBF Avenger, an American World War II-era torpedo bomber, is seen getting repairs in the Warbird Factory at The Hangar at 743 in Latham, N.Y. on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Chuck Franzke, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, has been filmed the last four Christmases dancing; ... flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.

"General Motors' greatest contribution to the war effort in World War II was not its tanks, its airplanes, its trucks, its DUKWs, its guns and so forth, but, rather, Big Bill Knudsen," Davis said.

But not just any birthday, the World War II Veteran, turned 100 years old. ... He was a turret gunner on a Grumman TBF Avenger, an airplane, fighting over the South Pacific during World War Two.