TBF-1 Avenger

Initially developed for the US Navy and Marine Corps, the TBF(TBM for those produced by General Motors)-1 Avenger was designed by Leroy Grumman to replace the TBD Devastator. Due to it's opperational history which included work with NASA,  being the model flown by President George W. Bush prior to his term in office, and Flight 19 it became one of the most famous aircraft of American origin. It would see continued use after WWII with those surviving into the 21st Century being converted to civil use. The last was sold to the Shearwater Aviation Museum in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on July 26, 2012.