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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. It does not include types equipped for the more general anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role.

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List of torpedo bombers

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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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Torpedo bomber

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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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List of United States bomber aircraft

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(also known as tactical bombers) and torpedo bombers are included. Bomber List of bomber aircraft List of military aircraft of the United States Northrop...

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Nakajima B5N

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only the dive bombers to attack and cripple US carriers for the subsequent torpedo strike, this proved unsuccessful, as the torpedo bombers did not launch...

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Aerial torpedo

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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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Grumman TBF Avenger

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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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Aichi B7A

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Allied reporting name "Grace") was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service...

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Philippine Sea order of battle

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fighters 70 Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bombers   7 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers 51 Nakajima B6N "Jill" torpedo bombers Cruiser Division 5 (Rear Adm. Shintaro...

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Bristol Beaufort

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the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm from 1940. They were used as torpedo bombers, conventional bombers and mine-layers until 1942, when they were removed from...

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Bomber

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filled by tactical bomber class, which crosses and blurs with various other aircraft categories: light bombers, medium bombers, dive bombers, interdictors...

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Douglas TBD Devastator

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The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy. Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937...

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Mitsubishi B5M

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new bomber for use on the IJNAS aircraft carriers (Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 10-Shi Carrier Torpedo Attacker). The machine was to have a crew of three...

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List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II

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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

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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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List of bomber aircraft

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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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Mitsubishi G3M

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first wave of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, Aichi D3A dive bombers and Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers. G3Ms of the 701 Air Group put two torpedoes into heavy...

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Torpedo

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would launch a spread of torpedoes, to increase the probability of success. Similarly, squadrons of torpedo boats and torpedo bombers would attack together...

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List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II

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names. All FAA torpedo bombers except the Grumman Avenger could also act as dive bombers Blackburn Skua Combined fighter and dive bomber -the Skua could...

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Type 93 torpedo

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for Imperial Japanese calendar year 2593) was a 610 mm (24 in)-diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), launched from surface ships. It is commonly...

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Battle of Midway

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Nagumo had kept half of his aircraft in reserve. These comprised two squadrons each of dive bombers and torpedo bombers. The dive bombers were as yet unarmed...

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Operation Pedestal

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squadriglie (90 torpedo bombers, 62 bombers, 25 dive-bombers, 151 fighters) Luftwaffe Fliegerkorps II (328 dive bombers, 32 bombers, 96 fighters) Axis...

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Heavy bomber

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Heavy bombers are bomber aircraft capable of delivering the largest payload of air-to-ground weaponry (usually bombs) and longest range (takeoff to landing)...

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List of aircraft of the United States during World War II

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Douglas BD Havoc - Attack bomber Douglas BTD Destroyer - Carrier-based torpedo bomber Douglas A-26 Invader - Attack bomber Douglas RD Dolphin - Amphibian...

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Midway order of battle

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D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Masai Ikeda) 18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Heijiro Abe) 2 Yokosuka D4Y1 'Judy' dive bombers Support Group 8th...

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Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse

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of Kuantan, Pahang. The Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of...

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Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

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third strike of seven torpedo planes, two dive bombers, and five Zeros, under the command of Lieutenant (jg) Ichirō Tanaka. Most of the torpedo planes were...

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Carrier aircraft used during World War II

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aircraft types. The types of aircraft usually launched from aircraft carriers were fighters, torpedo bombers, and dive-bombers. Floatplanes were also launched...

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Leyte Gulf order of battle

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fighters 42 Yokosuka D4Y1 'Judy' dive bombers 33 Nakajima B6N 'Jill' torpedo bombers   4 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers Carrier Division 4 (Rear Adm. Chiaki...

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Okinawa naval order of battle

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Avenger torpedo bombers Fanshaw Bay (Capt. M.E. Arnold) VOC-2 (Lt. Cmdr. R.M. Allison), 30 aircraft 24 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 6 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Lunga...

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