NZ2504 was received by the RNZAF on 21 September 1943 as one of the first shipment of six Avengers. Issued to No.30 Squadron at Gisborne on 5 October 1943 and used both by No.30 and later, No.31 Squadron, for crew training.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand commemorates the sacrifices of RNZAF Avenger crews with 'NZ2521' (actually TBF-1 NZ2504). TBF-1C NZ2521 and her crew were lost on 31st May, 1944, during a mission to Japanese-held Talili Bay, Rabaul.