TBM-3E "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber Warplane

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TBM-3E "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber Warplane
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TBM-3E "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber Warplane is located in Cape May County, New Jersey
TBM-3E "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber Warplane
Location500 Forrestal Road, Cape May Airport, Lower Township, New Jersey
Coordinates39°0′17″N 74°54′36″W / 39.00472°N 74.91000°W / 39.00472; -74.91000Coordinates: 39°0′17″N 74°54′36″W / 39.00472°N 74.91000°W / 39.00472; -74.91000
Arealess than one acre
Built1945
ArchitectGeneral Motors/Eastern Aircraft Div.
NRHP reference No.03000019[1]
NJRHP No.4116[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2003
Designated NJRHPDecember 19, 2002

General Motors TBM-3E Avenger BuNo 85460 is a surviving TBF Avenger torpedo bomber located at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The plane, a variant of the Grumman-designed Avenger, was built by General Motors in 1945 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 2003.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
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