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His plane of choice hasn't changed – the TBM Avenger, the Navy's main torpedo bomber during World War II, particularly in the Pacific theater.
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Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.
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Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum.
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Sue Kiesewetter,
The Enquirer,
3 June 2021
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
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Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2020
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Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.
—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum.
—
Sue Kiesewetter,
The Enquirer,
3 June 2021
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2020
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“Torpedo bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torpedo%20bomber. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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