Even though TBM-3Ws first went aboard a carrier in April 1945, few photos aboard carriers have survived. A TBM-3W of CVBG-3 is ready for launch on the port catapult of the USS ‘Franklin D Roosevelt’ in February 1947.

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Для компенсации снижения запаса курсовой устойчивости, вызванного огромным обтекателем РЛС, самолет получил дополнительные кили-шайбы
BuNo 69476, bearing the ‘XA’ tail code of VX-1, off the Florida coast during operations from NAS Key West.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Motors TBM-3W - СШАUSA - 1944

A TBM-3W2 flown by a New York reservist. The last TBM-3W2s in US service were phased out by the end of 1956.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Motors TBM-3W - СШАUSA - 1944

ASW team: the TBM-3W2 was used for ‘hunting’ and the TBM-3S2 for ‘killing’. The tail code ‘SH’ identifies these aircraft as belonging to VS-26, a squadron decommissioned in July 1956.

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In the United States, TBM-3W2s were last operated by reserve squadrons including that based at NAS Los Alamitos in southern California.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Motors TBM-3W - СШАUSA - 1944

During the Anglo-French Suez operations in 1956, the TBM-3W2s of Flottille 9F were embarked aboard the carrier ‘La Fayette’.

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Externally similar to the TBM-3W, the TBM-3Q was optimised for electronic reconnaissance. A pair of ‘Queer Turkeys’ over the Indian Ocean while assigned to CVG-1 embarked aboard the USS ‘Tarawa’.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Motors TBM-3W - СШАUSA - 1944

After it had been called to active duty during the Korean War VS-931, the reserve squadron at NAS Willow Grove, was renumbered VS-20. A TBM-3W2 of the new reserve unit which was formed at NAS Willow Grove after the war is seen here at Love Field, Texas, on August 5, 1954.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Motors TBM-3W - СШАUSA - 1944

During World War Two the Avenger was nicknamed ‘Turkey’ by US Naval Aviators. With its large radome for the AN/APS-20 radar the TBM-3W, and later the TBM-3W2, became known as ‘Pregnant Turkeys’.

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Diagram showing the electronic equipment fitted to the TBM-3W. This illustration was in a report on AEW equipment published by the Radiation Laboratory at MIT on August 15, 1945 - the very day that Japan surrendered unconditionally.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Motors TBM-3W - СШАUSA - 1944