A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes. Torpedo bombers came into existence just before the...
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strike aircraft (also known as tactical bombers) and torpedo bombers are included. Bomber List of bomber aircraft List of military aircraft of the United...
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This is a list of torpedo bomber aircraft, designed or adapted to carry a primary weapon load of one or more aerial torpedoes in an anti-shipping role...
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Nakajima B5N (redirect from Kate torpedo bomber)
standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. It also served as a high level bomber. Although the B5N...
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An aerial torpedo (also known as an airborne torpedo or air-dropped torpedo) is a torpedo launched from a torpedo bomber aircraft into the water, after...
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Nakajima Aircraft Company (section Torpedo bomber)
from the A2N B3N - 1933 Navy torpedo bomber prototype, lost contract to the Yokosuka B3Y B4N - 1936 Navy torpedo bomber prototype, lost contract to the...
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Fairey Barracuda An all metal monoplane torpedo-bomber/dive bomber, the Barracude was the last British torpedo bomber to enter service during the war, serving...
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long range flying boat PL.10 torpedo bomber PL.101 torpedo bomber PL.14 torpedo bomber floatplane PL.15 torpedo bomber floatplane LeO C.30 Cierva observation...
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List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II (section Torpedo bombers, dive bombers and army cooperation)
fighter/dive bomber Fairey Albacore (RAF, FAA) torpedo/dive bomber Fairey Barracuda (FAA) torpedo/dive bomber Fairey Swordfish (FAA) torpedo bomber Grumman...
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Grumman TBF Avenger (redirect from Avenger torpedo bomber)
aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and...
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Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships...
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Fairey Swordfish (redirect from Swordfish (bomber))
The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag"...
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Bristol Beaufort (redirect from Beaufort bomber)
Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience...
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carrier torpedo bomber Mitsubishi B1M 1923 carrier torpedo bomber Mitsubishi B2M 1932 carrier torpedo bomber Kugisho B3Y 1932 carrier torpedo bomber Mitsubishi...
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bombers and torpedo bombers. The dive bombers were as yet unarmed (this was doctrinal: dive bombers were to be armed on the flight deck). The torpedo...
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Alcione bombers) 260th and 261st flights Torpedo-Bomber Group 41st Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Siena Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero Sparviero torpedo-bombers) 204th...
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fighter Levasseur PL.7 torpedo bomber Levasseur PL.14 torpedo bomber Levasseur PL.15 torpedo bomber Lioré et Olivier LeO 20 night bomber Lioré et Olivier LeO...
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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (category 1930s Italian bomber aircraft)
aircraft and medium bomber. Following pioneering work by the "Special Aerotorpedoes Unit", Italy put the type to work as a torpedo bomber; in this role, the...
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originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. The Beaufighter proved to be an effective night fighter, which came...
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Mitsubishi Ki-67 (redirect from Mitsubishi Navy Torpedo Bomber Yasukuni)
Army Type 4 Heavy Bomber Model 1: Main production model. The majority (420+) were modified in the factory as land-based torpedo bombers (after work-number...
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Italian medium bomber used successfully as a torpedo bomber early in World War II Vickers Wellington — most-produced British medium bomber, with a unique...
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A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles. Bombs...
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Fairey Albacore (category 1930s British bomber aircraft)
The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily...
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Bristol Beaufighter (developed from a torpedo bomber), and de Havilland Mosquito (developed from an unarmed fast bomber). The Beaufighter MkV had a Boulton-Paul...
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List of aircraft of World War II (section Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat), night fighters, dive bombers and torpedo bombers)
purposes. List of interwar military aircraft List of fighter aircraft List of bomber aircraft List of attack aircraft List of jet aircraft of World War II List...
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Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (category 1940s United States bomber aircraft)
The Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (also known as the Devastator II) was a torpedo bomber intended for service with the United States Navy's Midway- and Essex-class...
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surprise, the Wildcats shot down seven torpedo bombers and one dive bomber, and heavily damaged another torpedo bomber (which later crashed), at a cost of...
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unsuccessful prototype bombers, the XB-48 and the XB-51, the marginally successful AM Mauler, the successful B-57 Canberra tactical bombers, the P5M Marlin and...
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Tupolev TB-1 (category 1920s Soviet bomber aircraft)
the Soviet Air Forces' first standard heavy bomber, also being fitted with floats for use as a torpedo bomber (TB-1P), and for aerial survey operations...
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Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In Japan, the engagement was referred...
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