Academy 12285 1/48 TBM-3 Avenger "USS Bunker Hill"

Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger

1942 ~ 1960s (World War Two)
United States Navy and Marine Corps
torpedo bomber
replaced Douglas TBD Devastator after Battle of Midway
sharing credit for sinking IJN battleships Yamato and Musashi
TBM - TBF built by General Motors(GM)
TBF-1 - Initial production (1,526 built)
TBF-1C - TBF-1 with two 0.5 in (12.7 mm) wing guns and increased fuel capacity to 726 US gal (2,748 l). (765 built)
TBM-1 - as TBF-1 (550 built)
TBM-1C - as TBF-1C. (2336 built)
TBM-3 - as TBM-1C, double cooling intakes, engine upgrade, minor changes. (4,011 built)