Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Grumman TBF Avenger

Also searchable as Avenger Aircraft, Grumman Avenger, TBF Avenger.

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:46:36Torpedo-bomber preferences from the Cuckoo to the AvengerQ&A
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:20:16Heavy piston aircraft and flight-deck strengthNotable Point
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:17:17Early radar experiments versus operational airborne warningQ&A
  4. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:00Carrier early warning before the Philippine SeaQ&A
  5. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:12:31Building a late-war carrier air group from Mosquitoes, Avengers, Barracudas, and Sea FuriesQ&A
  6. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    1:01:31Swordfish, Devastator, and Avenger against BismarckQ&A
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    7:40:43When mature Helldivers and Avengers outperform their predecessorsQ&A
  8. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    44:16A capable aircraft enters service two years too lateChapter
  9. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:00An enlarged Ark Royal design with room for about 90 aircraftNotable Point
  10. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    2:24:38Why the TBM-4 Avenger was an incremental refinementQ&A
  11. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    2:44:27Why Fairey Spearfish and Grumman Avenger are different generationsQ&A
  12. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    37:50881 returns in Canada for anti-submarine warfareChapter
  13. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    39:39What APS-20 radar added to a carrier forceNotable Point
  14. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    10:17Could the Royal Navy have stopped Yamato in Operation Ten-Go?Q&A
  15. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:06:02Carrier strikes are generated in wavesNotable Point
  16. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:08:35British air groups and the declining role of dive bombersNotable Point
  17. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:11:21Zuiho's fighters intercept Enterprise's strike en routeNotable Point
  18. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:12:45American strikes damage Shokaku and ChikumaChapter
  19. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:23:05Flight-deck operations constrained evasive maneuverNotable Point
  20. Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?
    53:49Late-war missions that never reached their targetsNotable Point
  21. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    2:01:21The fleet value of early airborne warningQ&A
  22. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:42:46An early Barracuda and the Fleet Air Arm's AvengersQ&A
  23. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    2:12:02Spearfish and Avenger in parallel serviceQ&A
  24. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    21:06Why range could not give the Helldiver a unique missionNotable Point
  25. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    40:17From hundreds of changes to combat over RabaulChapter
  26. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:08:56The Helldiver's procurement lessonChapter
  27. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    43:34Gannet patrols made long-range ASW a form of operational deterrenceChapter
  28. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    36:57The Avenger replacement effort started too lateChapter
  29. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    58:25Blaming the TBD obscured Midway's systemic failuresNotable Point
  30. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    46:58Enterprise finds Ryūjō and Saratoga sinks herChapter
  31. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    37:55Avengers, submarines, and American shipbuilding in the picture weeklyChapter
  32. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    3:35:40How aircraft range expresses carrier doctrineQ&A
  33. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    2:38:14Why a second aircraft type can be useful rather than redundantQ&A
  34. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    3:47:28A mature Spearfish could consolidate Fleet Air Arm rolesQ&A
  35. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:23:55Flexible air groups in the Eastern FleetChapter
  36. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:32:48Striking Sumatran oil infrastructureChapter
  37. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:34:22An Avenger's unexpected fighter victoryNotable Point
  38. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    1:53:06How Avengers mined Palau under fighter protectionNotable Point
  39. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    25:04Steam power frees designers from sailing constraintsChapter
  40. Some Sunday Naval Books
    15:58Escort carriers, mining, and shared repair capacityChapter
  41. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:45:00Ark Royal's likely British Pacific Fleet air groupQ&A
  42. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    50:35Would faster torpedo aircraft have improved the raid?Q&A
  43. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    2:49:50John Wellum's career after TarantoQ&A
  44. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    13:37How earlier airborne early warning changes carrier defenceQ&A
  45. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:34:58The delayed TBY Sea Wolf was unlikely to displace the AvengerQ&A
  46. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:25:10Barracuda and Avenger as mature wartime strike aircraftQ&A
  47. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    4:01:13An ideal late-war British carrier and air groupQ&A
  48. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    2:07:23Vian's account of British carrier strikes supporting OkinawaChapter
  49. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    20:47A Free French Bearn as an escort carrierQ&A
  50. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:50:31Swordfish outlives the aircraft meant to replace itQ&A