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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.
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Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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
During World War II, the East Troy native flew Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier Saginaw Bay in the Pacific Theater.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
As a tail gunner in a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, Guggenheim flew several missions off the aircraft carrier Nehenta Bay during the battle of Okinawa, firing his .50-caliber gun at radar installations and ammo dumps on kamikaze bases in the Sakashima Islands.
—Rinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
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Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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
During World War II, the East Troy native flew Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier Saginaw Bay in the Pacific Theater.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
As a tail gunner in a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, Guggenheim flew several missions off the aircraft carrier Nehenta Bay during the battle of Okinawa, firing his .50-caliber gun at radar installations and ammo dumps on kamikaze bases in the Sakashima Islands.
—Rinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
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“Torpedo bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torpedo%20bomber. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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