Hobby Master Avenger AS Mk IV, Beryl the Peril, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, HMS Bulwark diecast model aircraft HA1203 1/72

The TBF/M "Avenger" was the biggest single engine aircraft during the WWII. She was ordered into production in Dec 1940 with first delivery just in time for the Battle of Midway. The "Avenger" was characterized by its rigid and strong body and its versatilities. She started out as a torpedo bomber but also took the duties as a close-support bomber, a patrol aircraft and even a trainer. After the war the Avenger was also used as crop dusters and forest fire water bombers.

During the Suez Crisis 1956-1957 the Avengers were used as submarine hunter-killers. They were equipped witha wide variety of weapons from rockets to torpedoes and bombs. Yellow and black stripes were applies on this aircraft as a means of recognition and this aircraft was named "Beryl the Peril". Beryl was a 1953 comic strip version of a female " Dennis the Menace".