From: "Steve Bamford" To: References: <3a.136e4de2.28052b93@aol.com> Subject: Re: TBF/TBM Avenger Pictures 1st set Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 20:26:40 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0023_01C15100.BBCB5780" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C15100.BBCB5780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: RAbbo28717@aol.com=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: TBF/TBM Avenger Pictures 1st set Howdy again Mr.Steve !......Got some more pictures for you if your=20 interested. I tried to pick pictures of an aircraft not yet up on the=20 website. I hope you can use these.There are several different = Avenger`s in=20 these pictures. You can tell on the title of the pictures which is=20 which......The first one was taken in Richmond Va. at Richmond = International=20 Airport. It appears to be a TBM-3 with out the turret. The second one = is the=20 weather beaten heap. It looks to have the original wartime paint = scheme on=20 it. This was taken in 1993 at Herlong airport Jacksonville Fla. a few = miles=20 from NAS Cecil Field Navy base. I was stationed there in the Navy. The = Third=20 Avenger was taken at a restoration facility / museum in Kissamee Fla. = just=20 outside of Disney in Orlando.This was taken in 1993 ( Frontal view = with=20 yellow tank). I went back in 1997 and took the picture of an Avenger = in=20 restoration , which appears to be the same one taken in 1993....the = Fourth=20 Avenger (the TBM-3) is fully restored , and is at the same = Restoration=20 museum in Kissimee as the other ones. This one is an flying = example.The fifth=20 Avenger is at MCAS Quantico in Virginia. I took these just this past = weekend=20 (4-2001). It is a TBF-3 , with the dorsal turret installed , and = equipped=20 with 5" Rockets and a Mk-13 torpedo....... = =20 Well I hope this will be of some use to your website...I = appreciate=20 you posting the other pics I have sent.....Thanks for the = time......untill=20 next time !................................Oh yeah......All pictures = were=20 taken by me Robert N.Abbott Jr..........or R.N. Abbott Jr.......Or = Robbie=20 Abbott.......what ever is easier for you.....I will send each = different=20 Avenger in separate E-mails....=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C15100.BBCB5780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From:=20 RAbbo28717@aol.com
To: sheb@telus.net
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 = 8:37=20 PM
Subject: TBF/TBM Avenger = Pictures 1st=20 set

Howdy again = Mr.Steve=20 !......Got some more pictures for you if your
interested. I tried = to pick=20 pictures of an aircraft not yet up on the
website. I hope you can = use=20 these.There are several different Avenger`s in
these pictures. You = can=20 tell on the title of the pictures which is
which......The first = one was=20 taken in Richmond Va. at Richmond International
Airport. It = appears to be=20 a TBM-3 with out the turret. The second one is the
weather beaten = heap. It=20 looks to have the original wartime paint scheme on
it. This was = taken in=20 1993 at Herlong airport Jacksonville Fla. a few miles
from NAS = Cecil Field=20 Navy base. I was stationed there in the Navy. The Third
Avenger = was taken=20 at a restoration facility / museum in Kissamee Fla. just
outside = of Disney=20 in Orlando.This was taken in 1993 ( Frontal view with
yellow = tank). I went=20 back in 1997 and took the picture of an Avenger in
restoration , = which=20 appears to be the same one taken in 1993....the Fourth
Avenger = (the TBM-3)=20 is fully restored ,  and is at the same Restoration
museum in = Kissimee as the other ones. This one is an flying example.The fifth=20
Avenger is at MCAS Quantico in Virginia. I took these just this = past=20 weekend
(4-2001). It is a TBF-3 , with the dorsal turret installed = , and=20 equipped
with 5" Rockets and a Mk-13 torpedo.......=20 =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;          =20
          Well I = hope=20 this will be of some use to your website...I appreciate
you = posting the=20 other pics I have sent.....Thanks for the time......untill
next = time=20 !................................Oh yeah......All pictures were =
taken by=20 me Robert N.Abbott Jr..........or R.N. Abbott Jr.......Or Robbie=20
Abbott.......what ever is easier for you.....I will send each = different=20
Avenger in separate E-mails.... = ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C15100.BBCB5780--