A friend who is an aviation historian tells me the aircraft that you see in this video clip:
First off the deck is a TBM; next, you are looking down at a Curtis SB2C "Helldiver". The next two off after the Helldiver are TBMs. After the two TBMs there is a quickflash of something launching, possibly a Hellcat. The aerial shot is of, (1) a SB2C Helldiver, and (2) Hellcats in formation.
The Air & Space Magazine (Smithsonian, Nov 1, 2001) has a nice article, available online on the history of the TBM Avenger, it may be found here. The article is by Marshall Lumsden. You will read about the military history of the TBM as well as Forest Protection Limited.
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