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TBM Avenger

Torpedo Squadron 1 (VT-1)
TBM 25424  pilot Merrell MIA June 12, 1944, 3 missing

Torpedo Squadron 7 (VT-7)
TBM 73343  pilot Hunt crashed January 16, 1945, 1 prisoner
TBM 73438  pilot Scobell crashed January 16, 1945

Torpedo Squadron 15 (VT-15)
TBM 45782  pilot Cosgrove damaged November 5, 1944 and pushed overboard, 1 missing

Torpedo Squadron 16 (VT-16)
TBM 25443  pilot Larsen ditched April 1, 1944
TBM 25288  pilot Isely crashed June 13, 1944, 3 missing

Torpedo Squadron 18 (VT-18)
TBM 16923  pilot Savage crashed September 8, 1944, 2 missing, 1 prisoner/missing

Torpedo Squadron 20 (VT-20)
TBM 16956  pilot Baxter crashed September 13, 1944 partial recovery, 2 missing

Torpedo Squadron 40 (VT-40)
TBM 25286  pilot Lecklider crashed March 31, 1944

Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51)
TBM 46214  pilot Bush crashed September 2, 1944, 2 missing
TBM 45810  pilot Houle MIA July 27, 1944, 3 missing

Torpedo Squadron 82 (VT-82)
TBM 22904  pilot King damaged February 18, 1945 two crew bailed out both became POWs, executed
TBM 22889  pilot Cosbie crashed February 18, 1945, 3 missing

Torpedo Squadron 87 (VT-87)
TBM 69066  pilot Brega ditched September 13, 1945

Torpedo Squadron 305 (VT-305) "The Red Ass Squadron"
TBM 25138  pilot Milburn MIA April 21, 1944, 3 missing



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