Gorgeous shot! Apparently, the complete restoration took the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum team 17 years.
This GM-built airframe (c/n 3920) was delivered to the USN in 1945 as TBM-3E (BuAer 53858). It was revived in the early 1960s as Tanker 72 for Hemet Valley Flying Service (N3357G). The Canadian connection came in 1976 when she was sold to Forest Protection Limited of Fredericton, NB for their spruce budworm spraying campaign.
There is some irony in the CWHM's choice of current markings. The actual ex-RCN 86180 airframe is preserved in New Jersey. She has been restored in WW2 USN markings by the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum (complete with rear turret). Fortunately, the CWHM restored c/n 3920 with period-accurate canopies for an ASW
Avenger operating from HMCS
Magnificent 
