...пилотом.

http://www.acepilots.com/planes/avenger.html

George Bush
Undoubtedly, the most famous man to fly an Avenger was George H.W. Bush, later the 41st President of the United States. He joined the Navy in 1942, and became the youngest naval aviator ever in June, 1943. He flew Avengers with VT-51, from USS San Jacinto. On September 2, 1944 he was shot down over Chichi Jima. While Bush parachuted safely and was rescued, neither of his crewmen survived. Bush earned a DFC for delivering his bombload after his TBF had been hit.

http://www.fido.sakhalin.ru/timurk/bombers/tbf.html
http://wars-online.narod.ru/usa/tbf1c.htm

Тут в разделе "Модели..." была фотка модели TBF, собранной кем-то из наших, и подаренная Бушу-старшему.