Object

Navy Avenger Bombers

U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, World War II-era single-engine aircraft, referenced by Admiral Fitzwallace among roughly 200 craft lost in the Bermuda Triangle incident. Leo, Margaret, Fitzwallace, the President, and Mrs. Bartlet hear this detail in Leo's office, where it underscores military precedents for concealing massive aircraft losses amid the Qumar plane cover-up discussion.

2 appearances

Purpose

Torpedo bombing and reconnaissance missions

Significance

Fitzwallace cites them to highlight the scale of historical losses and cover-up capabilities, drawing parallels to the deliberate concealment of the Qumar plane crash wreckage, ELTs, and SEAL involvement—elevating the stakes of potential war-crimes exposure at The Hague.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Rolling Pins and The Hague: Local Optics Meet International Exposure

Navy Avenger bombers are invoked as part of the Bermuda Triangle's catalog of vanished craft; referenced by Fitzwallace to normalize the area as a location where planes disappear among many wrecks, used to justify how easily the Qumari plane could be hidden.

Before: Historically lost in the Bermuda Triangle incidents; part of the existing debris field narrative.

After: Remain fictional/historical examples cited to contextualize the plausibility of hiding wreckage in that region.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Fitzwallace's Hague Warning

Navy Avenger bombers are invoked by Fitzwallace as part of historical context—roughly five were among about 200 craft referenced—underscoring the scale of disappearances and the plausibility of extensive, confusing debris fields used as cover.

Before: Part of historical loss statistics or referenced as assets tied to Atlantic disappearances.

After: Referenced as contextual evidence supporting the cover story of mass, indistinguishable wreckage in the Bermuda Triangle.

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