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    The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially...
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  • bomber, the Grumman TBF Avenger. Grumman ranked 22nd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. Grumman's first jet...
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  • "Grumman TBF Avenger/Bu. 24336." Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum. Retrieved: 31 March 2015. "Grumman TBF...
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  • TBF can refer to: Tert-butyl formate, an organic chemical compound with molecular formula C5H10O2 Grumman TBF Avenger, a World War II torpedo bomber Tingle's...
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    replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Its Avenger II name was taken from the Grumman TBF Avenger of World...
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    design that was later used on the F6F Hellcat and TBF Avenger. "WING-FOLDING MECHANISM OF THE GRUMMAN WILDCAT – An American Society of Mechanical Engineers...
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    Prayer is the fictional account of a torpedo squadron equipped with Grumman TBF Avengers in early 1942. The movie culminates when the squadron fights...
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    25 (Lt. R. H. Price) VF-25: 24 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters   VF-6: 12 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters VC-25: 10 Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers Battleship...
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  • important and perhaps more so. For example, both the new, high-performing Grumman TBF Avenger and the obsolete Douglas TBD Devastator were slaughtered as they...
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    Birkenhead. While working up her air group in March, reinforced by the Grumman Martlet fighters (the British name of the F4F Wildcat) of 881 and 882 Squadrons...
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    withdrawn from frontline service after Midway, being replaced by the Grumman TBF Avenger. The Douglas XTBD-1 was ordered on 30 June 1934 after being one...
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    and PBY-5A Catalinas (Detachments from Patrol Wings 1 and 2, USN) 6 Grumman TBF Avenger (Detachment from VT-8, USS Hornet - Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling†...
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    Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 95,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess...
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  • Dive bomber Grumman F4F Wildcat - Fighter Grumman F6F Hellcat - Fighter/night fighter Grumman JRF Goose - Amphibian transport Grumman TBF Avenger - Torpedo...
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    twelve to fourteen FM-2 Wildcat fighters and an equivalent number of Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. Yet, the carriers had a top speed of only 18...
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    The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is an American strategic bomber under development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman. As part of...
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    and one TBM-3 (BuNo 23307, 'FT28'). Each aircraft was a version of the Grumman TBF Avenger, built by General Motors' Eastern Aircraft Division under wartime...
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    Carrier Air Group contained 849 Naval Air Squadron, which operated the Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft, 1834 Naval Air Squadron and 1836 Naval...
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    both pilot and enlisted aircrew training (i.e., gunners, radiomen) in Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers flown by carrier-based US Navy flight crews and...
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    The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the...
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    Wolf Douglas XTB2D Skypirate Fairey Gannet Fairey Spearfish Grumman TBF Avenger Grumman S-2 Tracker Nakajima B6N Short Seamew Kowalski 1991, p. 3. Donald...
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    Grumman TBF-1 Avenger – Aug 1942 Grumman TBF-1C/TBM-1C Avenger – Jan 1944 Grumman TBM-3 Avenger – Jan 1945 Grumman TBM-3E Avenger – May 1945 Grumman TBM-3Q...
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    battleship Musashi was struck starboard amidships by a torpedo from a Grumman TBF Avenger, also from Intrepid. The Japanese shot down two Avengers. Another...
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    The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft...
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    The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman...
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    6% before she managed to escape. I-368 was detected and attacked by a Grumman TBF Avenger on approaching Iwo Jima on 26 February and was sunk by Mark 24...
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    The Grumman A-6 Intruder is an American twinjet all-weather attack aircraft developed and manufactured by American aircraft company Grumman Aerospace...
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    The Grumman F3F is a biplane fighter aircraft produced by the Grumman aircraft for the United States Navy during the mid-1930s. Designed as an improvement...
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    The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology...
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    altitude to produce the ideal 22-32 degree water entry angle. For the Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber this meant drop altitudes as high as 800 feet...
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