Grumman TBM-3S N9187Z (ex Bu53818) becoming airborne in a TBM formation at the annual Confederate Air Force airshow Harlingen, Texas in October 1977. After US Navy service, this aircraft flew for the Royal Canadian Navy as an Avenger AS.3 before civil disposal to become a forest fire bomber in USA. Photo: Geoff Goodall

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