List of torpedo bombers
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. It does not include types equipped for the more general anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role.
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Torpedo bombers[]
Type | Country | Class | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
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AD Seaplane Type 1000 | UK | 1916 | 2 | |||
Aeromarine 700 | US | 1917 | 2 | |||
Japan | 1933 | 1 | [1] | |||
Aichi B7A Grace | Japan | 1942 | 114 | [2] | ||
Albatros W.3 | Germany | 1916 | 1 | [3] | ||
Albatros W.5 | Germany | 1916 | 5 | [3] | ||
Arado Ar 95 | Germany | 1936 | 42 | [4] | ||
Arado Ar 195 | Germany | 1937 | 3 | [4] | ||
Avro 557 Ava | UK | 1924 | 2 | |||
Avro 571 Buffalo | UK | 1926 | 1 | |||
Beardmore W.B.VI | UK | |||||
Blackburn B-3 | UK | 1932 | 2 | |||
Blackburn B-7 | UK | 1934 | 1 | |||
Blackburn Baffin | UK | 1932 | 97 | |||
Blackburn Beagle | UK | 1928 | 1 | |||
Blackburn Blackburd | UK | 1918 | 3 | |||
Blackburn Botha | UK | 1938 | 580 | |||
Blackburn Cubaroo | UK | 1924 | 2 | |||
Blackburn Dart | UK | 1921 | 118 | |||
Blackburn Firebrand | UK | 1942 | 193 | |||
Blackburn Firecrest | UK | 1947 | 3 | |||
Blackburn Kangaroo | UK | 1918 | 20 | |||
Blackburn Ripon | UK | 1926 | 92 | |||
Blackburn Shark | UK | 1933 | 269 | |||
Blackburn Swift | UK | 1921 | 13 | |||
Blackburn Velos | UK | 1925 | 22 | |||
Bloch MB.175T | France | 1939 | 80 | [5] | ||
Bloch MB.480 | France | 1939 | 2 | [6] | ||
Blohm & Voss Ha 140 | Germany | 1937 | 3 | [4] | ||
Boeing TB | US | 1927 | 3 | |||
Boeing XF8B | US | 1944 | 3 | Secondary torpedo bomber role | ||
Borel-Odier Bo-T | France | 1916 | 91 | 91 ordered, not all built[7] | ||
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer | US | 1941 | 771 | |||
Bristol Beaufort | UK | 1938 | 2129 | [8] | ||
Bristol Beaufighter | UK | 1939 | 5928 | Some variants only[8] | ||
Bristol Brigand | UK | 1944 | 147 | |||
CAC Woomera | Australia | 1941 | 2 | |||
CANT Z.506B | Italy | 1935 | 324 | [9] | ||
CANT Z.1007 | Italy | 1937 | 660 | [10] | ||
Caproni Ca.3 | Italy | 1916 | 250-300 | |||
Caproni Ca.124 | Italy | 1937 | 1 | [11] | ||
Caproni Ca 314-RA | Italy | 1940 | 14 | [12] | ||
Caproni Ca.316 | Italy | 1940 | 14 | [13] | ||
Consolidated PBY Catalina | US | 1935 | 3305 | |||
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado | US | 1937 | 217 | |||
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer | US | 1943 | 739 | |||
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf | US | 1941 | 180 | |||
Curtiss CS/Martin T2M | US | 1923 | 83 | |||
Curtiss CT | US | 1921 | 1 | |||
Curtiss R-3, R-6 & R-9 | US | 1915 | 312 | [14] | ||
Curtiss XBTC | US | 1945 | 2 | |||
Curtiss XBT2C | US | 1945 | 9 | |||
De Havilland Mosquito | UK | 1940 | 7,781 | Some variants only | ||
Dewoitine D.750 | France | 1940 | 1 | [15] | ||
Dornier Do D | Germany | 1924 | 29 | [14] | ||
Dornier Do 22 | Germany | 1938 | 28 | [4] | ||
Dornier Do 217 | Germany | 1938 | Experiments only[16] | |||
Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston | US | 1939 | 7478 | [17] | ||
Douglas A-1 Skyraider | US | 1945 | 3180 | |||
Douglas BTD Destroyer | US | 1943 | 30 | |||
Douglas DT | US | 1921 | 90 | |||
Douglas T2D | US | 1927 | 31 | |||
Douglas XT3D | US | 1931 | 1 | |||
Douglas TBD Devastator | US | 1935 | 130 | [17] | ||
Douglas TB2D Skypirate | US | 1945 | 2 | |||
Fairey Albacore | UK | 1938 | 800 | [8] | ||
Fairey Barracuda | UK | 1940 | 2607 | |||
Fairey G.4/31 | UK | 1934 | 1 | |||
Fairey Seal | UK | 1930 | 95 | |||
Fairey Spearfish | UK | 1945 | 5 | |||
Fairey Swordfish | UK | 1934 | 2391 | [8] | ||
Farman F.60 Torp | France | 1921 | 210 | [18] | ||
Farman F.165 | France | 1927 | 40 | [19] | ||
Farman F.167 | France | 1928 | 1 | [20] | ||
Farman F.168 | France | 1928 | 200 | [21] | ||
Farman F.268 | France | 1932 | 1 | converted F.168[22] | ||
Farman F.270 & 271 | France | 1933 | 1 | [23][24] | ||
Farman F.368 | France | 1932 | 1 | converted F.168[25] | ||
Fiat G.55S torpedo fighter | Italy | 1944 | 1 | [26] | ||
Fiat RS.14B | Italy | 1939 | 188 | [27] | ||
Fieseler Fi 167 | Germany | 1938 | 14 | [4] | ||
FMA IA-58 Pucará | Argentina | 1969 | 1 | Prototype tested during Falklands War[28] | ||
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F8/U2 and F8/U3 | Germany | [16] | ||||
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 | Germany | [16] | ||||
Fokker T.II/FT | Netherlands | 1921 | 1 | [29] | ||
Fokker T.III | Netherlands | 1922 | 5 | [29] | ||
Fokker T.IV & IVa | Netherlands | 1927 | 42 | [30] | ||
Fokker T.VIII-W, -WM, -WC & -L | Netherlands | 1938 | 49 | [31] | ||
Friedrichshafen FF.35 | Germany | 1916 | 1 | [3] | ||
Friedrichshafen FF.41A | Germany | 1917 | 9 | [3] | ||
Friedrichshafen FF.53 | Germany | 1918 | 3 | [3] | ||
Gloster Goring | UK | 1927 | 1 | |||
Gloster TSR.38 | UK | 1932 | 1 | |||
Gotha WD.11 | Germany | 1916 | 12 | [3] | ||
Gotha WD.14 | Germany | 1916 | 69 | [3] | ||
Great Lakes XTBG | US | 1935 | 1 | |||
Grumman AF Guardian | US | 1945 | 389 | |||
Grumman TBF Avenger | US | 1941 | 9839 | [17] | ||
Grumman XTB2F | US | not built | 0 | |||
Grumman XTSF | US | not built | 0 | |||
Hall XPTBH | US | 1937 | 1 | |||
Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow | UK | 1926 | 2 | |||
Handley Page H.P.46 | UK | 1932 | 1 | |||
Handley Page H.P.47 | UK | 1934 | 1 | |||
Handley Page Hampden | UK | 1936 | 1430 | Later role[8] | ||
Handley Page Hanley | UK | 1922 | 3 | |||
Handley Page Hare | UK | 1928 | 1 | |||
Handley Page Hendon | UK | 1924 | 6 | |||
Hansa-Brandenburg GW | Germany | 1916 | c. 20 | [3] | ||
Hansa-Brandenburg GDW | Germany | [3] | ||||
Hawker Dantorp | UK | 1932 | 2 | [32] | ||
Hawker Harrier | UK | 1927 | 1 | |||
Hawker Horsley | UK | 1925 | 122 | [33] | ||
Heinkel HE 7 | Germany | [14] | ||||
Heinkel HD 14 | Germany | [14] | ||||
Heinkel HD 16 | Germany | [34] | ||||
Heinkel He 59 | Germany | 1931 | 142 | [34] | ||
Heinkel He 111 J and H-5/6 | Germany | 1935 | 6508 | Number includes all types[35] | ||
Heinkel He 115 | Germany | 1937 | 138 | [4] | ||
Heinkel He 177 A-3/R7 | Germany | 1939 | 1169 | [16] | ||
Ilyushin DB-3T/Il-4T | USSR | 1938 | [17] | |||
Ilyushin Il-2T | USSR | |||||
Ilyushin Il-28 | USSR | 1948 | 6731 | |||
Junkers G 24/See/G 24g1e | Germany | [14] | ||||
Junkers JuG-1 | Germany | 1924 | [14] | |||
Junkers Ju 86K | Germany | Swedish examples only[citation needed] | ||||
Junkers Ju 87 C and D-4 | Germany | Experimental only[16] | ||||
Junkers Ju 88 A-4/Torp and A/17 | Germany | [35] | ||||
Junkers Ju 188 | Germany | [35] | ||||
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK | US | 1945 | 5 | |||
Kawanishi H6K Mavis | Japan | 1936 | 215 | [36] | ||
Kawanishi H8K Emily | Japan | 1941 | 167 | [37] | ||
Latécoère 290 series | France | 1931 | 35 | [38] | ||
Latécoère 298[8] | France | 1936 | 121 | [39] | ||
Latécoère 299 | France | 1939 | 2 | [40] | ||
Latécoère 302 | France | 1931 | 3 | [41] | ||
Latécoère 440 | France | 1931 | 2 | [42] | ||
Latécoère 550 | France | 1933 | 1 | [43] | ||
Latécoère 582 | France | 1935 | 1 | |||
Levasseur PL.2 | France | 1922 | 11 | [44] | ||
Levasseur PL.7 | France | 1928 | 46 | [45][46][47] | ||
Levasseur PL.14 | France | 1929 | 30 | [48] | ||
Levasseur PL.15 | France | 1932 | 17 | [49] | ||
Levasseur PL.107 & 108 | France | 1937 | 3 | [50][51] | ||
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258 | France | 1928 | 87 | |||
Loire-Nieuport 10 | France | 1939 | 1 | |||
Lockheed Hudson | US | 1938 | 2941 | |||
Lockheed Ventura | US | 1940 | 2475 | |||
Lockheed Harpoon | US | 1943 | 535 | |||
Lublin R-XX | Poland | 1935 | 1 | [52] | ||
Poland | not built | 0 | [53] | |||
Martin AM Mauler | US | 1944 | 151 | |||
Martin B-26 Marauder | US | 1940 | 5288 | |||
Martin BM | US | 1930 | 32 | |||
Martin MBT/MT | US | 1918 | 20 | [14] | ||
Martin P4M Mercator | US | 1946 | 21 | |||
Martin P5M Marlin | US | 1948 | 285 | |||
Martin PBM Mariner | US | 1939 | 1285 | |||
Martin T2M | US | 1923 | 75 | |||
Martin T3M | US | 1926 | 124 | |||
Martin T4M | US | 1927 | 155 | |||
Martin XT6M | US | 1930 | 1 | |||
Messerschmitt Me 410 B-5 | Germany | experiment only[16] | ||||
Mitsubishi 1MT | Japan | 1922 | 20 | [54] | ||
Mitsubishi 3MT5 | Japan | 1932 | 11 | [55] | ||
Japan | 1932 | 1 | [56] | |||
Mitsubishi B1M | Japan | 1923 | 443 | [57] | ||
Mitsubishi B2M | Japan | 1929 | 206 | [58] | ||
Mitsubishi B4M | Japan | 1934 | 1 | [59] | ||
Mitsubishi B5M Mabel | Japan | 1937 | 125 | [60] | ||
Mitsubishi G3M Nell | Japan | 1935 | 1048 | [61] | ||
Mitsubishi G4M Betty | Japan | 1939 | 2435 | [62] | ||
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Peggy | Japan | 1942 | 767 | [63] | ||
Mitsubishi Q2M | Japan | not built | 0 | |||
Nakajima B3N | Japan | 1933 | 2 | [64] | ||
Japan | 1936 | 2 | [65] | |||
Nakajima B5N Kate | Japan | 1937 | c. 1150 | [66] | ||
Nakajima B6N Jill | Japan | 1941 | 1268 | [67] | ||
North American B-25 Mitchell | US | 1940 | 9984 | |||
Northrop N-3PB | US | 1940 | 24 | |||
Piaggio P.108 | Italy | 1939 | 24 | Secondary role[68] | ||
Poland | not built | 0 | [69] | |||
Reggiane Re.2001G/H torpedo fighter | Italy | 1940 | 2 | [70] | ||
Reggiane Re.2002 torpedo fighter | Italy | 1940 | 1 | For trials | ||
RWD 22 | Poland | not built | 0 | [71] | ||
SAAB T 18B | Sweden | 1942 | 52 | Torpedo bomber used for ground attack | ||
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 | Italy | 1924 | 212 | [72] | ||
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero | Italy | 1934 | 1350 | [8][73] | ||
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 | Italy | 1934 | For trials[74] | |||
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 | Italy | 1940 | 309 | [75] | ||
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 | Italy | 1944 | 1 | [76] | ||
Short Shirl | UK | 1918 | 4 | |||
Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3 | UK | 1946 | 4 | |||
Short Type 81 | UK | 1913 | 9 | |||
Short Type 166 | UK | 1916 | 26 | |||
Short Type 184 | UK | 1915 | 936 | First torpedo bomber to sink a ship[3] | ||
Short Type 310/320 | UK | 1916 | 127 | [3] | ||
SNCAC NC.4-10 | France | 1939 | 1 | |||
SNCAO CAO.600 | France | 1940 | 1 | |||
Sopwith Cuckoo | UK | 1917 | 232 | First purpose-built carrier-based torpedo bomber[3] | ||
Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type C | UK | 1914 | 1 | |||
Sopwith Type 860 | UK | 1914 | 22 | |||
Stout ST | US | 1922 | 3 | |||
Supermarine Nanok | UK | 1927 | 1 | |||
Supermarine Type 322 | UK | 1943 | 2 | |||
Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T) | USSR | |||||
Tupolev MR-6 & KR-6T | USSR | [8] | ||||
Tupolev SB T-1/ANT-41 | USSR | 1936 | 1 | |||
Tupolev TB-1[8] | USSR | 1925 | 218 | |||
Tupolev Tu-14 | USSR | 1949 | c. 150 | |||
Vickers Type 207 | UK | 1933 | 1 | |||
Vickers Type 253 | UK | 1934 | 1 | |||
Vickers Vildebeest | UK | 1928 | 209 | [8] | ||
Vickers Wellesley | UK | 1935 | 177 | Role dropped following drop tests | ||
Vickers Wellington | UK | 1936 | 11461 | [8] | ||
Vought TBU Sea Wolf | US | 1941 | 1 | |||
Westland PV-3 | UK | 1931 | 1 | Role dropped | ||
Westland PV.7 | UK | 1933 | 1 | |||
Westland Wyvern | UK | 1946 | 127 | |||
Westland Witch | UK | 1928 | 1 | |||
Wight Twin | UK | 1915 | 4 | |||
Japan | 1916 | 1 | [77] | |||
Yokosuka B3Y | Japan | 1933 | 129 | [78][79] | ||
Yokosuka B4Y Jean | Japan | 1935 | 205 | [80] | ||
Yokosuka P1Y Frances | Japan | 1943 | 1102 | [81] |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.288-291
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Thiele, 2004, p.14
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- ^ Thompson, 1963, pp.86-87
- ^ Thompson, 1963, p.113
- ^ Thompson, 1963, pp.113-114
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Thiele, 2004, p.18
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- ^ Hegener, 1961, p.206
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- ^ Mason, 1994, p.163
- ^ Jump up to: a b Thiele, 2004, p.11
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Thiele, 2004, p.84
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- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.307-313
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- ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.163
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- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.350-357
- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.378-387
- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.186-191
- ^ Mikesh, 1990, pp.230-231
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- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.411-416
- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.429-434
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- ^ Thompson, 1963, p.240
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- ^ Thompson, 1963, pp.262-269
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- ^ Thompson, 1963, p.288
- ^ Mikesh, 1990, pp.266-267
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- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.449-451
- ^ Francillon 1979, pp.462-468
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