TBM-3E Avenger in Detail - Reference Photographs by Cal Cochran

TBM-3E Avenger
in Detail

by Cal Cochran

TBM-3E Avenger

A Detailed Photo Walkaround Comprising 52 Images

CONTENTS

Avenger in Detail - Photo Walkaround

Cal's photographs cover the TBM-3E Avenger owned by the Confederate Air Force, Rocky Mountain Ghost Squadron, Grand Junction, Colorado Wing.

Avenger in Detail

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All photos and captions Copyright © 1999 Cal Cochran.

	Photo 1: TBM-3E flyby, Aspen Air Show, July '90.
	Photo 2: TBM-3E from stbd, front qtr.
	Photo 3: TBM-3E taxiing, port profile, Sept. '97, GJT
	Photo 4: TBM-3E taxiing, from front, Aspen, July '90
	Photo 5: TBM-3E taxiing, from front, taxiing with wings folded
	Photo 6: TBM-3E taxiing, from aft, wings folded
	Photo 7: TBM-3E taxiing, port profile, GJT, '91 air show.
	Photo 8: touching down, Aspen, July '90
	Photo 9: TBM-3E port profile, wings folded.
	Photo 10: TBM-3E from front, port quarter, during restoration - June '85.

	Photo 11 Pilot's cockpit, left sidewall, modernized.
	Photo 12: cockpit, right sidewall, stock
	Photo 13: pilot's seat, from starboard.
	Photo 14: Aft cockpit seat, during restoration
	Photo 15: aft cockpit canopy detail, during restoration
	Photo 16: turret well (without turret) looking fwd, wide shot.
	Photo 17: Interior of aft fuselage, looking fwd, before installation of turret.

	Photo 18: turret exterior frame (being restored)
	Photo 19: turret interior detail, from left
	Photo 20: turret interior details, gun "installed", from left.
	Photo 21: turret int. details, gun "installed, from right.
	Photo 22: turret int. details without gun, from left.
	Photo 23: turret interior details, from front
	Photo 24: Starboard exterior of installed & painted turret.

	Photo 25: port gear and wheelwell, during restoration
	Photo 26: port gear & well, after restoration.
	Photo 27: port main wheel, from inboard.
	Photo 28: Torp bay, after restoration. (Purpose of red brackets is unknown... possibly for stowing gear when traveling to air shows.)
	Photo 29: torp bay during restoration. GJT, July '88.

	Photo 30: Tail, hook detail
	Photo 31: tailwheel, from stbd.
	Photo 32 port, aft fuselage detail, after restoration and paint, May '99
	Photo 33: Starboard, aft fuselage detail, during restoration, June '85.

	Photo 34: TBM-3E during restoration, from stbd front qtr. June '85
	Photo 35: port wingfold & gear leg close-up
	Photo 36: stbd wingfold & gear leg close-up

	Photo 37: port engine detail, some cowling panels off, from slightly aft.
	Photo 38: same as above, but from slightly forward
	Photo 39: starboard engine detail, some panels off of oil tank compartment, during restoration.
	Photo 40: stbd engine detail, cowling panels off around cylinder heads, during restoration. Again, with both of these, note original chromate colors and plumbing.
	Photo 41: engine w/o cowling, wingfold, starboard profile.
	Photo 42: engine & oil tank, from port
	Photo 43: engine, firewall close-up, from stbd front
	Photo 44: engine & firewall from stbd front quarter.
	Photo 45: same (but without the people)
	Photo 46: engine without cowling, from starboard.
	Photo 47: engine without cowling, from front.
	Photo 48: engine, mount, from starboard
	Photo 49: engine, without cowling from stbd profile
	Photo 50: engine, w/o cowling, from front
	Photo 51: engine w/o cowling, from port
	Photo 52: oil tank, firewall detail, from port