The Grumman TBF Avenger made its combat debut during the Battle of Midway in 1942 - and only one of the six aircraft returned. Despite this rocky start, it quickly became the backbone of the Navy ...

The Avenger Came Just in Time for World War II The Avenger was designed to replace the Navy’s primary torpedo bomber of the 1930s, the Douglas TBD Devastator, which by 1939, was already obsolete ...

One other factor helps the Avenger stand out as the most prestigious of all torpedo bombers: She’s the one plane on this list to be flown by an eventual head of state, Lt. (j.g.) George Herbert ...

A TBM Avenger, the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, will visit the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford for one day on April 16.