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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:Avenger AS.3M
    Last Military Serial:53420 RCN
    Construction Number:3482
    Last Civil Registration:N420GP
    Latest Owner or Location:Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors.

    24 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 53420.

    Circa July 1945

    Transferred to VT-36, USS Siboney (CVE-112).

    From 31 July 1945 to 18 August 1945

    Flown on multiple occasions by Ensign Howard Ricke.

    August 1950

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    19 October 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Navy with s/n 53420.

    26 October 1951

    Transferred to Fairey Aircraft of Canada.

    By 3 April 1952

    Converted to an Avenger AS.3 by Fairey Aviation at Canada.

    From 17 April 1952 to 11 August 1954

    Transferred to 881, 30 CAG.

    8 October 1954

    Converted to an Avenger AS.3M by Fairey Aviation at Canada.

    6 August 1955

    Transferred to VS 880.

    6 February 1956

    Transferred to VX 10.

    28 May 1957

    Transferred to VS 880 (IR).

    7 January 1958

    Transferred to VU 32.

    27 April 1958

    Crashed.
    A/C taxiied into wooden hut enclosing steam pipe, pilot error.

    5 July 1960

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Navy.

    1961

    To Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC with new c/r CF-KCM.

    Operated as fire service #616.

    Operated as fire service #16.

    1969

    To Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC keeping c/r CF-KCM.

    1975


    Photographer: John W Olafson Collection
    Notes: CF-KCM - Conair TBM Avernger at Kamloops BC in 1975

    August 1977

    To Forrest Protection Limited with new c/r C-FKCM.
    Purchased for $20,000.

    Operated as fire service #616.

    Operated as fire service #16.

    8 June 1981

    Crashed.
    Owned by FPL and piloted by W. Farrell experienced a loss of engine power while taking off from Boston Brook Airstrip. The take-off was aborted and the aircraft came to a stop in the cleared but upgraded area beyond the south end of the runway. The pilot was not injured but the aircraft was extensively damaged; it was later repaired.

    To Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA.

    Circa 11 February 1994

    Certificate of airworthiness for N420GP (TBM-3, 53420) issued.

    11 February 1994

    To Vintage Wings, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N420GP.

    16 May 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N420GP (TBM-3, 53420) issued.

    29 July 2004

    To Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH keeping c/r N420GP.

    Based at Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH.
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    30 July 2006

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Whitman Regional Airport (OSH) Oshkosh, WI, United States while taxiing. The damage was minor. A Grumman TBM-3, Avenger, sustained minor damage when it taxied into the empennage and fuselage of an amateur-built RV-6. Both aircraft were taxiing for takeoff on Papa taxiway (35 feet wide, ashphalt), which paralleled runway 18 at the Wittman Regional Airport (OSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The accident occurred during the EAA AirVenture 2006 air show...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    18 December 2013


    Photographer: Kenneth Smith

    5 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N420GP (TBM-3, 53420) issued.

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    19 May 2023

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL


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    Credits
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    Internet Sources
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Canada Aviation and Space Museum
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited
    Tri-State Warbird Museum

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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Noah Rechtin

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