TBF Avenger Photographs | World War II Database

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F6F Hellcat launching from USS Intrepid’s starboard catapult, 1945. Note SB2C Helldiver and TBM Avenger spotted on the deck. Note also Independence-class light carrier cutting across Intrepid’s bow.	Post-war photo of a TBM-3 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron VT-27 from the aircraft carrier USS Independence flying over the Japanese battleship Nagato at Yokosuka, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945	Two TBM-3 aircraft of US Navy squadron VT-26 (USS Santee) at Matsuyama Airfield, Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan, early Sep 1945	USMC Major Dick Johnson's TBM-3 Avenger aircraft at Matsuyama Airfield, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2; Johnson was the first US airman to arrive on Taiwan at the end of the war

USMC Major Dick Johnson's TBM-3 Avenger aircraft at Matsuyama Airfield, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2; Johnson was the first US airman to arrive on Taiwan at the end of the war	TBM-3E Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-132 prepares for catapult launch from USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) for a mission over Kyushu, Japan, 8 Sept 1945	TBM-3 Avenger aircraft launching from USS Makin Island en route Wakayama, Japan to cover the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, Sep 1945	Surplus US carrier aircraft stored for demobilization and prepared for scrapping, Iroquois Point, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct 1945

USS Ranger entering the Mississippi River approaching New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 15 Oct 1945. Note four F8F Bearcat fighters and one TBM Avenger torpedo bomber on deck.	Experienced Avenger pilots of Attack Squadron VA-2A flying from USS Tarawa hold their TBM-3E’s in close formation above San Diego, California, United States, 1946. The white canister under the right wing is a radar pod	TBM-3E Avenger resting at NAS El Centro, California, United States, 1946	RAdm Gerald Bogan and Commodore A. Burke, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, United States, summer 1946; note wing of R5D Skymaster aircraft and TBF Avenger, SNJ, and SB2C Helldiver in background

TBM-3E Avenger at NAS Squantum, Massachusetts, United States, with partially folded wings, 1947. The white canister mounted under the right wing is a radar pod.	US Navy TBM-R or TBM-S Avenger aircraft dropping supplies in Korea, circa 1950-1953	French carrier La Fayette arriving in France, 11 Sep 1951; note F6F-5, F6F-5N, and TBM-3E aircraft on flight deck; seen in Nov 1951 issue of US Navy Naval Aviation News	French TBM-3E Avenger aircraft preparing to be launched aboard carrier La Fayette, 1950s

French sailors and TBW-3W Avenger aircraft aboard carrier La Fayette, 1962	TBW-3W Avenger aircraft aboard French carrier La Fayette, 1962	TBW-3W Avenger and F4U-7 Corsair aircraft aboard French carrier La Fayette, 1962, photo 1 of 2	TBW-3W Avenger and F4U-7 Corsair aircraft aboard French carrier La Fayette, 1962, photo 2 of 2