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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:TBM-3 Avenger
    Last Military Serial:53914 USN
    Construction Number:3976
    Last Civil Registration:N7029C
    Latest Owner or Location:Commemorative Air Force - Arizona Wing, Falcon Field, Phoenix, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TBM-3 by General Motors.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 53914.

    1957

    To Chris D. Stoltzfus and Associates, Coatesville, PA with new c/r N7029C.

    1963

    To John E. Orahood, Rocky Ford, CO keeping c/r N7029C.

    1 August 1963

    To Aerial Applicators Inc, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N7029C.

    Circa 1966

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7029C (TBM-3E, 53914) issued.

    From 1966 to 1972

    To Aerial Applicators Inc, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N7029C.


    Photographer: Forest Protection Files

    Operated as fire service #D16.

    23 February 1972

    Civil registration, N7029C, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    Circa March 1972

    To Hicks and Lawrence, Saint. Thomas, ON with new c/r CF-BQS.

    Operated as fire service #D16.

    18 May 1972

    Crashed.
    In northern Maine while on ferry from Dunphy, NB, to Maniwaki, Quebec. The aircraft washed out; pilot Al Woytaz was not injured, but was rescued a day later.

    Abandoned.

    March 1991

    To Rhode Island Aviation Heritage Association/Quonset Air Museum, North Kingstown RI with new c/r N7029C.

    18 September 1991

    Recovered.
    Recovered to NAS Quonset Point, RI using a CH-54 helicopter.

    From Circa October 1991 to August 2017

    To Quonset Air Museum, Quonset State Airport, North Kingston, RI.
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    After 1992


    Photographer: Larry Webster, Quonset Air Museum
    Notes: At the Quonset Air Museum at the Quonset State Airport, North Kingstown, RI.

    Restored.

    August 2017

    Transported by ground.
    Moved from Rhode Island to Mesa, Arizona.

    14 August 2017

    24 August 2017

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Arizona Wing, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    24 August 2017


    Photographer: Warbird News
    Notes: The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum (AZCAF) has acquired a Grumman TBM-3E Avenger from the Quonset Air Museum, Rhode Island.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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