English: VH-MML General Motors TBM-3E Avenger c/n 3919. Not to be confused with the designation TBF for aircraft manufactured by Grumman, it is one of two very similar Avengers owned by Steve Searle. Built to a USN order as US Navy BuAer 53857. After Navy service, it was civilianised in 1963 as N7017C. To Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, New Brunswick in May 1976 as C-GFPM as a firebomber 'Tanker 21'. Sold to Australia in 2004 and restored at Coolangatta, first flight 6 April 2006.

One notable Avenger pilot was future American President George H. W. Bush who became the youngest naval aviator at the time. While flying a TBM with VT-51 (from the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)), his TBM was shot down on 2 September 1944 over the Pacific island of Chichi Jima. Both of his crewmates died. However, he released his payload and hit the target before being forced to bail out; he received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Year of manufacture: 1943. Aircraft first registered in Australia: 21 September 2005 - Day 2 Watts Bridge Airfield Festival of Flight 'The Vintage Experience' 2010. File: VH-MML_YWSG_20100829_3520