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List of surviving Grumman TBF Avengers

Australia

Airworthy
  • 53337 - Round Engines Pty Limited in Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • 53857 - Bennet Aviation Pty Limited in Redhead, New South Wales.

    • Canada

    Airworthy
  • 53610 - Shearwater Aviation Museum in Nova Scotia.
  • 53858 - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • 69361 - Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
    • On display
  • 53607 - Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
  • 85733 - Central New Brunswick Woodsmen's Museum in Boiestown, New Brunswick.
  • 85861 - Shearwater Aviation Museum in Nova Scotia.

    • In storage

    Contents

  • 91171 - James Wilson in British Columbia.

    • France

    Airworthy
  • 85869 - AMPAA in Etampes.

    • Israel

    On display
  • 69355 - Israeli Air Force Museum.
    • Under restoration
  • 85506 - under restoration by Ben Ami in Tel Aviv.

    • New Zealand

    Airworthy
  • 91110 - Brendon Deere, based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, repainted as "Plonky" (build number 47733).
    • On display
  • 24336 - RNZAF Museum in Wigram, New Zealand.
  • 24337 - Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society in Gisborne, New Zealand.
    • Under restoration
  • 47859 - under restoration at the Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland.

    • Switzerland

    Airworthy
  • 53319 - Trachsel Charles in Matin Calme. It is currently based at the Lausanne Airport of Lausanne, Switzerland.

    • United Kingdom

    On display
  • 69327 - Imperial War Museum in Duxford.
  • 69502 - Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton.

    • United States

    Airworthy
  • 53119 - Wilson Edwards Jr. in Garden City, Texas.
  • 53139 - Greatest Generation Naval Museum in San Diego, California.
  • 53353 - Commemorative Air Force (Missouri Wing) in Portage Des Sioux, Missouri.
  • 53420 - Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio.
  • 53454 - Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
  • 53503 - CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum in Grand Junction, Colorado.
  • 53575 - Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.
  • 53638 - Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.
  • 53768 - Thomas Buck in Joliet, Illinois.
  • 53785 - Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.
  • 53787 - Rick Clemens in Carson City, Nevada.
  • 53818 - 938138 LLC in Mounds View, Minnesota.
  • 53835 - Charles Lynch in Greenwich, Connecticut.
  • 69459 - War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
  • 85460 - NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum in Cape May County, New Jersey.
  • 85632 - TBM Avenger Inc. in Eureka, Illinois.
  • 85650 - Simmons Aviation Services LCC in Pawcatuck, Connecticut.
  • 85794 - Lauridsen Aviation Museum in Buckeye, Arizona.
  • 85882 - David L. Tinker in Plymouth, Michigan.
  • 85886 - American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York.
  • 85938 - Texas Flying Legends Museum in Houston, Texas.
  • 85983 - Charles G. Wentworth in Paso Robles, California.
  • 86280 - Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.
  • 91264 - Planes of Fame in Chino, California.
  • 91388 - Missionair Inc. in Danbury, Connecticut.
  • 91426 - Commemorative Air Force (National Capitol Squadron) in Brandy Station, Virginia.
  • 91436 - Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio.
  • 91453 - Chris Johnson in Fort Valley, Virginia.
  • 91521 - Freeberg Family LLP in Escondido, California.
  • 91726 - Pleasant Aviation LLC in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
  • 91733 - Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts.
    • On display
  • 24803 - USS Intrepid (CV-11) at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum at Pier 86 in New York, New York. It is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.
  • 53200 - Museum of Mountain Flying at the Missoula International Airport in Missoula, Montana.
  • 53229 - George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.
  • 53403 - National Museum of the Pacific War at the Pacific Combat Zone in Fredericksburg, Texas. It is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.
  • 53593 - National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
  • 53726 - Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum in Miramar, California.
  • 53804 - USS Lexington (CV-16) museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • 53842 - USS Yorktown (CV-10) at the Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • 53914 - Quonset Air Museum, North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
  • 69329 - Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.
  • 69374 - National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA and was restored by Rolando X Gutierrez, Flyboys Aeroworks, LLC in San Diego, California.
  • 69375 - USS Hornet (CV-12) museum in Alameda, California.
  • 69472 - Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
  • 85890 - National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.
  • 85957 - USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. It is on loan from Sidney Summers in San Diego, California.
  • 86123 - Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas.
  • 91586 - Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, Long Island, New York. It is on loan from the Friends For Long Island's Heritage in Huntington, New York, sponsored by Mrs. William T. Schwendler.
  • 91664 - NAS Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • 91752 - Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Horsehead, New York.
    • Under restoration or in storage
  • 01741 - for static display at the DeLand Naval Air Station Museum at the DeLand Naval Air Station (now the DeLand Municipal Airport) in DeLand, Florida.
  • 05997 - for static display at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.
  • 24085 - in storage at the Paul Garber Facility of the National Air and Space Museum in Silver Hill, Maryland.
  • 47887 - to airworthiness by Pacific Fighters for Parts Avenger Northwest LCC in Beaverton, Oregon.
  • 53829 - to airworthiness by Tri-State Aviation in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
  • 69323 - to airworthiness by Andrew Donohue in Bristow, Oklahoma.
  • 69325 - to airworthiness by Darrel Berry in Camden, Tennessee.
  • 85715 - to airworthiness by Wes Stricker in Rolla, Missouri.
  • 91188 - to airworthiness by the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida.
  • 91598 - in storage at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
  • 91714 - to airworthiness by Wes Stricker in Columbia, Missouri.

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