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 ...

Back when it was still the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., that storied Bethpage facility built the Grumman TBF Avenger, a World War II torpedo bomber that first saw action in the Battle of ...