Airplane
Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum, Inc.
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| Nom de l'objet : | Airplane |
| Discipline : | Aviation |
| Matériaux : | metal |
| Numéro d'accession : | WM 2001.10.1 |
| Nom de la collection : | Aerospace Transportation - equipment |
| Fabricant : | General Motors Corporation Eastern Aircraft Division |
| Province d'origine : | New Jersey |
| Pays d'origine : | United States of America |
| Province d'utilisation : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Culture : | American |
| Date de début de production : | 1944 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1945 |
| Description : | This aircraft is a propeller-driven, all- metal monoplane which is painted gray with yellow on the wingtips, tail rudder, tail elevators, and propeller blade tips. The upper engine cowling is painted black and there is a red stripe along each side of the aircraft. |
| Commentaires : | This aircraft serves a standing monument to pilots who lost their lives in the forest aviation industry. It is located in Boisetown, N.B. This particular aircraft crashed north of Doaktown, N.B. on August 16, 1998. The pilot was Robert Leblanc, who escaped without injury. Forest Protection Ltd. (FPL) retrieved the aircraft. This TBM Avenger is a TBM-3E model. The Avenger torpedo bomber was ordered for the United States Navy from the Grumman Company in April 1940. A prototype was flown in August 1941 and production began in January of 1942. The Grumman Company model was called the TBF. The Avenger was in great demand because of World War II and Grumman could not keep up with all the orders. General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division (Trenton, NJ) began production in September 1942 to help meet the demand. The General Motors built aircraft were called the TBM. The TBM-3 was a further development of the aircraft and received a larger engine and strengthened wings to carry rockets. The Avenger was first used in combat during the Midway campaign in June of 1942. The Avenger torpedo bomber served in the armed forces of other Allied countries in World War II including Canada and the United Kingdom. It was often used as a normal bomber instead of a torpedo bomber. TBM Avengers saw considerable civilian use after World War II. Forest Protection Ltd. (FPL) in New Brunswick acquired some beginning in 1958. They were used a great deal for spraying with the Spruce budworm project. This particular TBM-3E was acquired by FPL in 1975 and it was used as a forest sprayer until it was converted to an air tanker in 1992. It served in this role until the 1998 crash. Newer aircraft are replacing the TBM air tankers in New Brunswick and their long postwar careers are coming to an end. |
| Fonctions : | Wilson Aviation Industries in Lewiston, Idaho previously owned Airtanker #14 from 1960 to 1964. Hillcrest Aircraft in Lewiston, Idaho owned it from1964 to 1966 and then Johnson Flying Service of Missoula, Montana owned it from 1966-72. Forest Protection Ltd. (FPL) Fredericton NB used the plane from 1975 to 1998. It was used as forest sprayer to 1992 then converted to an air tanker. |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Boiestown |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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