Avenger pic

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Am I right about it being a CoD plane?

Another thing, are there any “Tarpon’S” still around? These were the modifided Avengers used by the RN FAA as bombers not Torpedo bombers.

Give me coffee and no-one gets hurt!

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That’s alright. It starts with ‘Tony H’, that’s close enough for government work. 🙂

Steve (also having a bit of a forgetful moment)

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I didn’t mean Anthony Hutton. Temporary brain failure.

I meant Tony Haigh-Thomas

or Anthony Worral Thompson

or something

Doh

Moggy

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Yes, that’s his. Am I right in thinking it’s the only airworthy Avenger in the UK at present?

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I’m not a great registration memoriser, but that looks a lot like the one belonging to Anthony Hutton. The aircraft is North Weald based, Anthony is a Shuttleworth trustee.

Moggy

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Is that actually a COD version of the Avenger from the 50’s? It certainly looks like one.

Give me coffee and no-one gets hurt!

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Thanks guys.

Here is a more. Sorry about the quality of the pics as I said before it was a point and click thingy and the focus is non existant.

But here they are anyway.

Merlin

The first is a general view and the second is a view of the wing span.(My personal favourite)
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Thanks for the picture Merlin.I just thought I’d point out that Midway was not the Avenger’s finest hour.If I remember rightly,only a few survived thier attack run,and only one Avenger finally made it home.The Avenger proved it’s worth in the long run though,particularly with the Fleet Air Arm and the British Pacific Fleet.If it hadn’t been for the supply of Avengers,the Navy would have had to struggle on with the Barracuda,which was finding little favour among the FAA squadron’s who used them.One Corsair pilot remarked that every deck landing of a Corsair looked dicey,but every Barra looked a certain crash!

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Hi Merlin, Not the prettiest aircraft in the world, but anything with a big 24 Cylinder, 1,700 hp radial can’t be all bad! They certainly sorted out the opposition at Midway!

KeithMac