07/21/2023
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger. This ugly torpedo bomber first entered service with the US Navy in 1942. Not all effective military aircraft look great. The Avenger was the heaviest single-engine aircraft of World War Two – a dumpy, carrier-based torpedo bomber that was said to handle “like a truck” and gained the affectionate but decidedly unglamorous nickname “Turkey” amongst its crews
