Early History
United States Navy. 1957 Eastern (GM) Grumman TBM-3E. Construction #: 3788.
Marsh Aviation Co, Litchfield, AZ. 1963-1964. Registered as N7076C. Flew as tanker #24.
N7076C #24, Marsh Aviation, Litchfield AZ. Posted to Facebook by Jean Barbaud.
Reeder Flying Service, Twin Falls, ID
#56 N7076C 1966-1984
Note the large distinctive tank and the blue triangle on the nose; its sister aircraft (#55, N7075C) had a similar tank but no blue triangle.
Aerial Spray Program – NB, Newfoundland
1969 – Flew in Newfoundland and NB. 1970 – Pilot Archer. 1971 – Pilot Duncan. 1972 – Pilot O’Brien.
Crashed: Damaged at Dunphy airstrip on 6 June 1972 after pilot O’Brien selected gear up in loading pits. The aircraft was damaged seriously enough so that it was written off the project.
Reeder #56 N7076C at Deer Lake, NF, 1969. [S.E. Holmes]
TBM fleet (12 of 19) at Deer Lake NF, 1969. Reeder TBMs #56 N7076C and #55 N7075C are in the third row from the front, left to right.
Reeder TBM N7076C at Dunphy NB in 1971. Reeder TBM N7076C at Dunphy NB in 1971. Note the large distinctive tank and the blue triangle on the nose; its sister (#55, N7075C) had a similar tank but no blue triangle. [Merrill McBride Collection]
Reeder TBM ##56 N7076C at Dunphy NB, 1972.
Reeder TBM #56 N7076C at Dunphy NB, 6 June 1972, after suffering damage while loading.
Reeder TBM #56 N7076C stored at Dunphy NB, 1972.
Jay Sherlock posted this image of N7076C at Scalefirebombers.
Post-spray History
Gary Wolverton, Twin Falls, ID, 1984.
Northwest Warbirds Inc, Twin Falls, ID, 1987-1988.
USMC Museum, MCAS, El Toro, CA, 1988-1998. Displayed as Marines/53726/726.
USMC Museum, MCAS Miramar, CA, 1999-2002.
Flying Leatherneck Museum, MCAS Miramar, CA, ????-2007.
