In January 1942 the first production TBF-1 joined the fleet and the Avenger quickly went into mass production. During the first half of 1942, 145 TBFs were delivered. A U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3W ...

During the cruise, the team surveyed the 1917 submarine “using sonar systems on Sentry and the research vessel Atlantis, as well as video cameras on a tethered vehicle, and still and video imaging ...

The Avenger was designed to replace the Navy’s primary torpedo bomber of the 1930s, the Douglas TBD Devastator, which by 1939 ...

The TBF Avenger has a special place in this history. TBF Avenger Has a Place in History In my recent articles on the U.S. Navy’s legendary Iowa-class battleships, I noted that these ships never ...

Researchers have located the wrecks of two long-lost military vehicles on the seafloor a few miles from San Diego: an ...

The TBM/TBF Avenger was a forgiving aircraft during ditching according to flight crews in WWII. (Photo: via U.S. Navy archives) Ironically, the TBM Avenger that went down in the accident yesterday ...

Japanese Imperial Navy Ship Hiei. US Naval History and Heritage ... Multiple sorties of Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo-bombers, Douglass SBD Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters ...

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 Grumman TBF Avenger is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed for the US Navy and the Marine Corp. It entered service in 1942 and first saw action during the famous Battle of Midway ...

The expedition also surveyed the nearby wreck of a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, which crashed in the same area when it was being used as a training aircraft in 1950. Stickrott ...