I am building my dad’s aircraft - TMB off the Intrepid Airgroup 18 ,battle of leyte Gulf.
Any suggestions of where I can locate the paint schemes and aircraft insigna would be greatly appreciated
thanks
I looked in the references I had close at hand and here’s what I found.
VT-18, as part of Air Group 18, entered the Battle of Leyte Gulf with 18 TBM-1C Avengers.
A color profile in Warship’s Data USS Intrepid shows them to be marked in the standard tri-color camo scheme. Specific Intrepid markings appear to be a white + on the fin. A lg stenciled white 86 appears on the fin below the + and a tiny white 86 appears on the nose.
I also checked Osprey’s TBF/TBM Units of WW2 and suprisingly there are no illustrations of this unit, just text. HTH
Gary