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Avenger II JZ570 undergoing trials with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment. KEY COLLECTION Future US President George H. W. Bush at the controls of a VT-51 TBM in 1944. US NAVY “The Avenger was a gentleman’s aircraft” Despite gaining derogatory nicknames such as ‘Turkey’ among US aircrews, the Avenger was generally popular. Former US President George H. W. Bush flew with VT-51 on the USS San Jacinto in the Pacific campaign. „The Avenger was a great, stable airplane”, he