A formation of Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers on a training flight.

Avenger lands aboard USS Nassau (CVE-16) 6 September 1943

Avenger of VB-7 flying from the USS Hancock over burning ships of a Japanese convoy during 3rd Fleets sweep of the South China Sea, January 12, 1945

Avenger takes off from flight deck of USS Card (CVE-11)

Avenger taking off from Essex-class carrier

Avenger with rocket bombs in rack ready to be catapulted from USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), 26 November 1943 2

Avengers at NAS North Island 12 August 1942

Avengers from USS Hancock over the central Philippines 6 November 1944

Avengers on deck of Carrier in heavy seas Atlantic 1944

Avengers over carrier en route to raid on Japanese Bases 30 July 1944

Avengers USS Nassau 6 September 1943

British Avenger "4F" JZ450 at Squantum January 12, 1944

Crash of TBM-1 J29 of VC-66 aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944

Crash of TBM-1 J29 of VC-66 aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944 2

Crash of TBM-1 J29 of VC-66 aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944 3

Crashed TBF-1 aboard USS Charger 23 March 1943 2

Crashed TBF-1 USS Charger 16 March 1943 2

Crashed TBF-1 USS Charger 23 March 1943

Damaged TBM "111"

Early TBF-1

Early TBF-1 Avenger January 1942

Ens Higma in damaged TBM-3 named "Round Trip" 11 November 1944

First Avenger lands at Aslito Field during Battle of Saipan

Fleet Air Arm Grumman Avenger crewman 1943

Formation of TBF-1 Avengers in South Pacific

Grumman Tarpon

Grumman TBF-1 2

Grumman XTBF-3 BuNo 24341 with drop tank 31 August 1944

Lt(jg) Jesse Huggins of VT-15 brings his TBF in for a landing on the flight deck of the USS Essex despite the loss of one wheel during the Battle for Leyte Gulf

Marine Avengers headed to strike on Munda Airfield 9 July 1943

Marine Avengers taxi for take off at Piva Field Bougainville 1944

Marine crew heads to their Avenger South Pacific

Marine fliers with TBF named "Expectant" at Henderson Field

Marine ground crewman loads ammo on Avenger at Bougainville 1944

Marine patches 400 shrapnel holes in TBF on Bougainville 1944

Marine pilots hang laundry above wing of Avenger

Marine TBM-3 Avenger of VMTB-242 on Iwo Jima Motoyama 3

Marine TBM-3 squadron on Iwo Jima Spring 1945

Marine TBM-3E June 1945

Members of VT-1 James Sparks, James S. Thorburn and William R. Richards at NAS Seattle upon return home for rest and reassignment 1944

Pilot of TBF misses barrier on his aircraft carrier overruns flight deck and plunges into the forward 5'' gun mount

Prototype XTBF-1 BuNo 2540 1941

Replacement TBM being hoisted on board USS Guadalcanal while at Bermuda 10 August 1944

SBD, F6F and Avengers aboard CVL 1943-44

TBF Avenger firing HVAR Holy Moses rockets 1945

TBF being loaded onboard USS Altamaha (CVE-18) May 1943

TBF crew September 3, 1944

TBF D81

TBF from USS Yorktown approach burning Wake October 1943

TBF Henderson Field

TBF ready for launch from the USS Independence 30 April 1943

TBF ready for launch from the USS Independence 30 April 1943 2

TBF rear view

TBF with engine running on board an escort carrier in the Atlantic

TBF with rocket bombs in rack ready to be catapulted from USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), 26 November 1943

TBF with rocket bombs in rack ready to be catapulted from USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), 26 November 1943 3

TBF-1 "12" aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) 31 October 1943

TBF-1 13

TBF-1 1942

TBF-1 22

TBF-1 43

TBF-1 A20 flies over of USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) June 1944

TBF-1 and F6F Hellcat

TBF-1 Avenger 1942 2

TBF-1 Avenger code 32-C-3 of the VC-32 in flight

TBF-1 Avenger in color 1944

TBF-1 Avenger ready to launch from USS Lexington 1943

TBF-1 Avenger T1 October 1942

TBF-1 code T-5 USS Charger 16 March 1943

TBF-1 crashing during operations aboard USS Suwannee 7 April 1943

TBF-1 crashing during operations aboard USS Suwannee 7 April 1943 2

TBF-1 crashing during operations aboard USS Suwannee 7 April 1943 3

TBF-1 formation

TBF-1 JATO

TBF-1 of the VT-5 off USS Yorktown 1943

TBF-1 on board USS Santee (CVE-29), 25 September 1942

TBF-1 over Long Island 1942

TBF-1 prepared to take off USS Santee November 1943

TBF-1 T-1 USS Charger 23 March 1943 3

TBF-1 taking off from the deck of USS Independence 1 May 1943

TBF-1C from USS Coral Sea on patrol over Makin Island 20 November 1943

TBF-1D BuNo 47670 with AN/APS-3 radar 3 November 1943

TBF-3 USS Makin Island

TBFs from USS Essex over Guam on invasion day July 15, 1944

TBFs from USS Santee November 1942

TBM #129 of the VB-7 flying over the mountains of Luzon during an aerial strike at Japanese shipping in the Philippines 1945

TBM crash aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944

TBM crash aboard USS Altamaha 11 April 1944 2

TBM damaged during the typhoon on board USS Anzio (CVE-57), 17 December 1944 2

TBM damaged during the typhoon on board USS Anzio 17 December 1944

TBM damaged during the typhoon on board USS Anzio 18 December 1944

TBM from USS Hancock Manila Bay area 25 March 1944

TBM USS Chenango CVE-28 1945

TBM-1 Avenger bomb loading

TBM-1 of the VT-28 from USS Monterey (CVL-26) Guam July 1944

TBM-1C from USS Hornet CV-12 1944

TBM-1C June 1944

TBM-1C of the VT-28 from USS Monterey Guam July 1944

TBM-3 "86" of USS Saginaw Bay 9 July 1945

TBM-3 "Black 19" pilot Frank Boyce

TBM-3 "White 118" of VMTB-242 on Iwo Jima, Motoyama

TBM-3 "White 128" from USS Essex Saigon area 12 January 1945

TBM-3 "White 89" aboard carrier USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84)

TBM-3 cockpit

TBM-3 from USS Essex (CV-9) Saigon area 12 January 1945 5

TBM-3 from USS Essex Saigon area 12 January 1945 2

TBM-3 from USS Essex Saigon area 12 January 1945 3

TBM-3 from USS Suwannee (CVE-27), pilot E.J. Halcin on ASW patrol Okinawa 1 April 1945

TBM-3 from USS Tulagi over Iwo Jima 1 Mach 1945

TBM-3 from USS Tulagi over Iwo Jima 2 March 1945

TBM-3 from USS Tulagi over Iwo Jima 2 March 1945 2

TBM-3 J74

TBM-3 Motoyama Airfield Iwo Jima March 1945

TBM-3 of VC-88 at Iwo Jima, Motoyama airfield

TBM-3 of VMTB-242 on Iwo Jima Motoyama 2

TBM-3 S44

TBM-3 VT-82 prepares to take off from aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) for raid on Tokyo 1945

TBMs from USS Hancock CV-19 12 January 1945

The landing signal officer waves the pilot of a TBM aboard USS Anzio 1945

USMC Avengers strike on Munda New Georgia 9 July 1943

USMC Avengers strike on Munda New Georgia 9 July 1943 2

USS Card crash of a TBF over the side 9 August 1943

USS Card crash of TBF-1 "Black 17" over the side 8 December 1942

VT-24 personnel at work on the flight deck of the USS Santee in 1945

Wildcats and TBF-1C USS Santee November 1943

XTBF-3 1943