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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:35 am 
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Interesting piece about a Lake Bird being displayed aboard USS Hornet so people can see
what one really looked like. Was anyone on this board aboard for the dedication? Photos?

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http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/08/18/ ... ss-hornet/


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:46 pm 
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How many photos do you want? My shots start from 2011 to 20 August 2017. Then how would post them.

Been a USS Hornet volunteer since May 1998 and plane captain for the ship's TBM3E which belonged to Mike Bouge.

Heck, didn't think of this. Photos are not up on my website yet but they are up on the Naval Warfare forum of the World Affairs Board here:

http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showth ... 3546cb8dd8


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:42 pm 
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tbm3fan wrote:
How many photos do you want? My shots start from 2011 to 20 August 2017. Then how would post them.

Been a USS Hornet volunteer since May 1998 and plane captain for the ship's TBM3E which belonged to Mike Bouge.

Heck, didn't think of this. Photos are not up on my website yet but they are up on the Naval Warfare forum of the World Affairs Board here:

http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showth ... 3546cb8dd8




First: Thanks for posting tbm and welcome to WIX.

2nd: Seems a very lovely restoration to static. Kudos considering with what they started.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:50 am 
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Thanks for the welcome although I have watched this site for a very long time especially the TBM thread since I dealt with one between 1999-2004.

Oh, and the photos are now up on my website. I have been amiss and must update the others.

http://www.usshornet-cv12.com/aircraft/index.html


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:38 am 
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Thanks for posting these - what a beautiful job you all did on the Wildcat!
Any chance you'll be repainting its training codes J12 or 5?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:10 am 
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Gorgeous! Thanks so very much!

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Glad to see a certain small little detail that's dedicated to a certain pilot VF-11 that I used to know quite well. Nice work indeed :wink:

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I think it's pretty cool that they were using the TBF for the carrier onboard delivery aircraft until 1956.


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I think it's pretty cool that they were using the TBF for the carrier onboard delivery aircraft until 1956.


Interesting that you bring that up. Today I was talking with our guy who did the work on the SH-3H Sea King and he mentioned he couldn't locate the Bureau # for the TBM. There were no plates on the plane where they should have been. He was talking with others in Admin trying to ascertain that info and learned that they had two different numbers so no one knew the history. None of them were around before 2005. I said I did as I saw the original paper work back in late 1999.

That TBM was built by Eastern Motors in January 1945. Arrived San Diego June 1945. Then arrived Guam July 1945 and placed into VC-97. Retired to Litchfield in 1946 for two years. Pulled out in 1948 and designated COD and operated as such until 1956. Last carrier the plane served on was the USS Coral Sea. Sold in 1960 to Sacramento Crop Dusters for $1. From there history is lost as to when the plane was turned into a fire bomber. Picks up in 1990 when purchased by Mike Bogue and flown into Oakland. Even now I can't find the number even though I knew it and wrote it down somewhere in 1999.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:17 pm 
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tbm3fan wrote:
lucky52 wrote:
I think it's pretty cool that they were using the TBF for the carrier onboard delivery aircraft until 1956.


Interesting that you bring that up. Today I was talking with our guy who did the work on the SH-3H Sea King and he mentioned he couldn't locate the Bureau # for the TBM. There were no plates on the plane where they should have been. He was talking with others in Admin trying to ascertain that info and learned that they had two different numbers so no one knew the history. None of them were around before 2005. I said I did as I saw the original paper work back in late 1999.

That TBM was built by Eastern Motors in January 1945. Arrived San Diego June 1945. Then arrived Guam July 1945 and placed into VC-97. Retired to Litchfield in 1946 for two years. Pulled out in 1948 and designated COD and operated as such until 1956. Last carrier the plane served on was the USS Coral Sea. Sold in 1960 to Sacramento Crop Dusters for $1. From there history is lost as to when the plane was turned into a fire bomber. Picks up in 1990 when purchased by Mike Bogue and flown into Oakland. Even now I can't find the number even though I knew it and wrote it down somewhere in 1999.


I was just looking at some paperwork on this TBM yesterday. The serial number I found in the paperwork says #85560 N number was N6830C Hope this helps.


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