Former US Navy bu 91450 , this Avenger was N7239C owned by Riverside Aircraft Co, Riverside,CA, 1963-1964. It was registered to Aero Union Chico, CA, 1966-1970. David Tallichet / Yesterdays Air Force in Chino, CA from 1972 before Canadian Warplane Heritage acquired it in 1978. Registered as C-GCWG, the aircraft was flown as Royal Canadian Navy ABG. It was destroyed in a hangar fire at Hamilton's Mount Hope airport on February 15, 1993.

Originally Navy BuNo 91450; US civil registration N7239C; Purchased by Canadian Warplane Heritage (1978-1993) and registered as C-GCWG. Flown as RCN 91450/VG-ABG. Destroyed in hangar fire, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada February 15, 1993..

Destroyed in hangar fire at Hamilton, Ontario, on February 15, 1993.

This Avenger built by General Motors, Eastern Aircraft Division in 1945 and flew with the US Navy as 53858 until the early 1950s. Later it operated as a spray plane and then on forestry protection duties before being sold to a French aircraft preservation group (hence the previous F-WQON reg.) and is now under restoration to flying condition by the CWHM.