ACA12452 1:72 Academy TBF-1 Avenger

The grumman TBF-1 went into action during the battle of midway.The results of that first battle were not encouraging with five of the six aircraft belonging to VT-8 being shot out of the sky.
Howeverthe TBFs had upset the Japanese defense plans and American dive bomberswere able to strike several of the enemy’s carriers. After thisintensive battle, the TBF was christened the Avenger, an appropriatename for the sturdy torpedo bomber that was to fight all the way toJapan.
The Avenger was on every front of the pacific war and wasone of the prime tools for victory. However, after the war Avenger beganto fade. A few Served with the marines in Korea while a very few stayedin service until the mid 1950s.
The Avenger found wide use inmany foreign countries such as great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, andJapan. The last military Avengers were retired by the Japanese during1962. During the last few years several individuals and museums havetaken the Avenger into care and have restored several into splendidexamples of the military version of the famous torpedo bomber.