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More model informationThe TBM Avenger was a U.S. Navy torpedo bomber and the most widely-produced naval strike airceaft in history. Avengers had three to five crew and could carry 726kg (1,600lbs) of torpedoes or other munitions. They played a significant role in the Battle of Saipam and participated in a variety of offencive support roles, including pre-invasive bombing and strafing attacks, air support for ground troops, anti-submarine patrols, and reconnaissance missions. Avengers assigned to Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher’s Task Force. 58 flew numerous ssorties in the Battle of the Philippines Sea, and engagement known by U.S. forces as the “Marianas Turkey Shoot.” The last TBMs retired from militay service in 1962. This model was created by Kotaro Yamafune https://sketchfab.com/kotaro_yamafune.
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This is most probably my father, Jesse Boyce Holleman's, TBM. He shot down and crashed in June 1945 at Garapan. He was the only survivor. His radioman and gunner were never seen again. Dad was a Mare Island Hospital for some 18 months for his burns. He and my brother Tim traveled to Saipan in 1990 to locate the plane, only to miss it by some 75 yards. This is the only TBM in the area and must be dad's. He was a torpedo bomber pilot on the U.S.S. Gambier Bay Carrier, sank later in the Battle of Leyete Gulf in October 1945.
That is rather awesome! It must have taken some skill & patience to remove all the temporal artefacts from the dataset; great job!