I photographed these TBF Avenger dive bomber examples in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, South Carolina, California, Montana, Texas and Louisiana.
It turns out I saw the same Avenger in Houston that I had earlier seen in Madras, Oregon, now wearing the markings of George Bush’s plane “Barbara III”
TBF-1 #05997
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger #53200
Missoula, Mont. 2021
Missoula, Mont. 2022
1945 TBM-3E Avenger #53575 “Barbara III”
Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston 2024
Erickson Collection in Madras, Ore. 2017
Apparently this Avenger was visiting the Erickson Collection in Madras before getting a paint update and name.
TBM-3E 53593
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
TBM-3 #53785 “Barbara III”
Another Avenger in slightly different markings of George Bush’s “Barbara III”
Palm Springs 2018
TBM-3 #53842
Patriots Point 2013
Grumman TBM-3 Avenger #69329
Oshkosh 2025
TBM-3 #69374
National WWII Museum, New Orleans 2024
TBM-3 #69472
Pima Air Museum 2017
TBM-3E #85849
Some thought that this was TBF-1C 47887 (possibly)
Erickson Collection Madras 2017
Erickson Collection; Madras 2023
TBM-3E #85882
Paine Field 2016
Flying Heritage Collection 2017
HFF, Paine Field 2017
Arlington Airport 2018
HFF, Paine Field 2019
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