Designed by Leroy Grumman
as Grummans successful entry into
a US Navy competition to replace the obsolete TBD Devastator, the
TBF Avenger first flew in 1941 and entered service in 1942.
The aircraft was the
heaviest single-engine aircraft of WW2 and was
the first to feature a new Grumman wing-folding mechanism
intended to maximize storage space on aircraft carriers.
In 1943 with Grumman
production increasingly devoted to the F6F
Hellcat, production was transferred to Eastern Aircraft, and the
aircraft was designated the TBM-1.
The second major variant,
and the most numerous, was the TBM-3
introduced in 1944 which had a more powerful engine and wing
hardpoints.
The aircraft was used
extensively by the RAF during WW2 and
subsequently. The RCAF used a large number post-war. The RNZAF
also used the aircraft including carrying out the first agricultural
top-dressing trials.
The CD includes flight
manuals covering most variants of the
Grumman TBF Avenger. The CD has been scanned from the
original manuals and retains any colour pages.
This CD contains:
1. RAF Pilot's Notes for the Avenger Mks I,II,III, AP 2380A,B,C-PN
2nd Edition dated Feb 45 with approx 40 pages.
2. RAF Pilot's Notes for the Avenger AS.4 and 5, AP 4533A & B-PN
dated Aug 54 with approx 69 pages.
3. US Navy Pilot's Handbook for the TBF-1C, TBM-1C,
Avenger I
undated with approx 100 pages.
4. US Navy Preliminary
Pilot's Handbook of Flight Operating
Instructions for the TBM3 Avenger III, AN 01-190EB-1
dated
13-2-45 with approx 78 pages.
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