25 Aug 2014

Grumman Avenger Torpedo Bomber - Andrew Gromlie

From Afternoons, 2:07 pm on 25 August 2014

A group of aircraft enthusiasts and engineers are restoring a 1943 Grumman Avenger Torpedo Bomber. The dive bomber has quite a history, having been an intergral part of the RNZAF in the Solomon Island's World War II theatre. The plane is one of only about 40 such aircraft that still survive in the world.

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