Keywords: First production Grumman TBF-1 Avenger in flight on 23 March 1942.jpg The first U S Navy production Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber BuNo 00373 in flight on 23 March 1942 The plane is in its carrier-landing attitude with wheels flaps and tail hook down <br>The colour scheme standard from October 1941 until early 1943 consists of flat light gray undersurfaces with flat blue-gray sides and upper surfaces Circle-star-circle National insignia are worn on fuselage sides and on upper and lower surfaces of both wingtips Red and white rudder stripes were adopted at the end of December 1941 as an additional recognition marking Both rudder strips and the red insignia center circle were removed from U S aircraft shortly after the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 Official U S Navy photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-403000/80-G-403259 html 80-G-403259 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-03-23 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman TBF Avenger in flight |