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torpedo bomber A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes. Torpedo bombers came into existence just before the First World War almost as soon as aircraft were built that were capable of carrying the weight ...

aircraft, designed or adapted to carry a primary weapon load of one or more

aerial torpedo 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 which the weapon propels itself to the target. First used in World War I, air-dropped torped ...

es in an anti-shipping role. It does not include types equipped for the more general

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations are t ...

(ASW) role. __TOC__

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AD Seaplane Type 1000 The AD Seaplane Type 1000 also known as the Admiralty Type 1000 and the AD.1 (from Air Department) was a British seaplane of the First World War designed to attack German warships. When it first flew, it was the largest British aircraft yet to ...

, , UK , , , , 1916 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Aeromarine 700 The Aeromarine 700 was an early US Navy seaplane developed in 1917 to investigate the feasibility of using aircraft to launch torpedoes. The aircraft itself was a large biplane of conventional three-bay configuration equipped with two pontoons, p ...

, , US , , , , 1917 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Aichi AB-8 is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectu ...

, , Japan , , , , 1933 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Aichi B7A The was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended ...

''Grace'' , , Japan , , , , 1942 , , Out of service , , 114 , , , - ,

Albatros W.3 The Albatros W.3, company designation VT, was a biplane torpedo bomber floatplane prototype, built for the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. Only one was built. Design and development The W.3 was designed from the outset as a to ...

, , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Albatros W.5 , , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , 5 , , , - , Arado Ar 95 , , Germany , , , , 1936 , , Out of service , , 42 , , , - , Arado Ar 195 , , Germany , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , 3 , , , - ,

Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 was a two/three-seat single-engine biplane, built as a general-purpose military aircraft in the mid-1930s. A newer, monoplane aircraft was preferred and only one A.W.19 was built. Development Multi-tasking "gene ...

, , UK , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Avro 557 Ava The Avro Type 557 Ava was a British twin-engined biplane torpedo bomber of the 1920s. It was developed by Avro to meet a requirement for a heavy torpedo bomber for the Royal Air Force but was unsuccessful, only two prototypes being built. De ...

, , UK , , , , 1924 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Avro 571 Buffalo The Avro 571 Buffalo was a prototype British carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane, designed and built by Avro in the 1920s. It was not selected for service, the Blackburn Ripon being ordered instead. Design and development The Avro 571 Buffalo ...

, , UK , , , , 1926 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Beardmore W.B.VI , , UK , , , , N/A , , Design only , , 0 , , , - , Blackburn B-3 , , UK , , , , 1932 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Blackburn B-7 The Blackburn B-7 was a single-engine two/three-seat biplane built to a United Kingdom, British Air Ministry specification for a general-purpose, multitasking aircraft. It first flew in 1934, but no contracts were issued and only one aircraft w ...

, , UK , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Blackburn Baffin The Blackburn B-5 Baffin biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was a development of the Ripon, the chief change being that a 545 hp (406 kW) Bristol Pegasus I.MS radial ...

, , UK , , , , 1932 , , Out of service , , 97 , , , - ,

Blackburn Beagle The Blackburn B.T.1 Beagle was a British single-engine, two-seat biplane bomber/torpedo aircraft from 1928. Designed to Air Ministry specifications which led to no contracts for any manufacturer, only one Beagle was built. Development The B.T ...

, , UK , , , , 1928 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Blackburn Blackburd , , UK , , , , 1918 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - ,

Blackburn Botha The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was produced by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft at its factories at Brough and Dumbarton. The Botha was developed during the mid 1930s in response to ...

, , UK , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 580 , , , - ,

Blackburn Cubaroo The Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo was a prototype British biplane torpedo bomber of the 1920s. Built by Blackburn Aircraft and intended to carry a large 21 in (533 mm) torpedo, the Cubaroo was one of the largest single-engined aircraft in t ...

, , UK , , , , 1924 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Blackburn Dart The Blackburn Dart was a carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane designed and manufactured by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) between 1923 and 19 ...

, , UK , , , , 1921 , , Out of service , , 118 , , , - ,

Blackburn Firebrand The Blackburn Firebrand was a British single-engine strike fighter for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy designed during World War II by Blackburn Aircraft. Originally intended to serve as a pure fighter, its unimpressive performance and t ...

, , UK , , , , 1942 , , Out of service , , 220 , , , - ,

Blackburn Firecrest The Blackburn B.48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the British Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It was a development of the troubled ...

, , UK , , , , 1947 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - , Blackburn G.P. , , UK , , , , 1916 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Blackburn Kangaroo The Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo was a British twin-engine reconnaissance torpedo biplane of the First World War, built by Blackburn Aircraft. World War I In 1916, the Blackburn Aircraft Company designed and built two prototypes of an anti-subm ...

, , UK , , , , 1918 , , Out of service , , 20 , , , - ,

Blackburn Ripon The Blackburn T.5 Ripon was a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was the basis for both the license-produced Mitsubishi B2M and the improved ...

, , UK , , , , 1926 , , Out of service , , 96 , , , - ,

Blackburn Shark The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known as the Blackburn T.S.R., standing for ''torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance'', in reference to ...

, , UK , , , , 1933 , , Out of service , , 269 , , , - ,

Blackburn Swift The Blackburn Dart was a carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane designed and manufactured by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) between 1923 and 1 ...

, , UK , , , , 1921 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Blackburn Velos The Blackburn T.3 Velos was a 1920s British two-seat coastal defence seaplane built by Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company Limited, Brough Aerodrome and the Greek National Aircraft Factory. Design and development The basic design of the Blac ...

, , UK , , , , 1925 , , Out of service , , 16 , , , - ,

Bloch MB.175T The Bloch MB.170 and its derivatives were France, French Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance bombers designed and built shortly before the Second World War. They were the best aircraft of this type available to the at the outbreak of the war, ...

, , France , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 80 , , , - , Bloch MB.480 , , France , , , , 1939 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Blohm & Voss Ha 140 The Blohm & Voss Ha 140 was a German multi-purpose seaplane first flown in 1937. It was intended for use as a torpedo bomber or long-range reconnaissance aircraft but did not enter production. Design and development The Ha 140 was developed to ...

, , Germany , , , , 1937 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - , Boeing TB , , US , , , , 1927 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - ,

Boeing XF8B The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islan ...

, , US , , , , 1944 , , Prototype , , 3 , , Secondary torpedo bomber role. , - ,

Borel-Odier Bo-T The Borel-Odier Bo-T (also known as the Borel-Odier torpedo floatplane or B.O.2) was a French twin-engined Floatplane, float biplane designed by Etablissements Borel, Borel but built by Antoine Odier (engineer), Antoine Odier for the French Navy ...

, , France , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , , , 91 ordered, not all built , - ,

Brewster SB2A Buccaneer The Brewster SB2A Buccaneer was a single-engined mid-wing monoplane scout/bomber aircraft built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Navy between 1942 and 1944. It was also supplied to the Unit ...

, , US , , , , 1941 , , Out of service , , 771 , , , - ,

Bristol Beaufort The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber. At l ...

, , UK , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 2,129 , , , - ,

Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort ...

, , UK , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 5,928 , , Some variants only. , - ,

Bristol Brigand The Bristol Brigand was a British anti-shipping/ground attack/dive bomber aircraft, developed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as a replacement for the Beaufighter. A total of 147 were built and were used by the Royal Air Force in Malaya duri ...

, , UK , , , , 1944 , , Out of service , , 147 , , , - ,

CAC Woomera The CAC Woomera, also known as the CAC CA-4 and CAC CA-11, was an Australian bomber aircraft that was designed and constructed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation during World War II. The order for the Woomera was cancelled before it became ...

, , Australia , , , , 1941 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

CANT Z.506 The CANT Z.506 ''Airone'' ( Italian: Heron) was a trimotor floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria". It established 10 world records in 1936 and another 10 in 19 ...

B , , Italy , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 324 , , , - , CANT Z.1007 , , Italy , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , 660 , , , - ,

Caproni Ca.3 The Caproni Ca.3 is an Italian heavy bomber of World War I and the postwar era. It was the most produced version of the series of aircraft that began with the 1914 Caproni Ca.1 and continued until the more powerful 1917 Caproni Ca.5 variant. ...

, , Italy , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , 250-300 , , , - , Caproni Ca.124 , , Italy , , , , 1937 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Caproni Ca 314-RA , , Italy , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 14 , , , - , Caproni Ca.316 , , Italy , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 14 , , , - ,

Consolidated PBY Catalina The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known as the Canso. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served w ...

, , US , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 3,305 , , , - ,

Consolidated PB2Y Coronado The PB2Y Coronado is a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft, and used by the US Navy during World War II in bombing, antisubmarine, and transport roles. Obsolete by the end of the war, Coronados were quickly taken o ...

, , US , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , 217 , , , - ,

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era Maritime patrol aircraft, patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modif ...

, , US , , , , 1943 , , Out of service , , 739 , , , - ,

Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf The Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf was a United States Navy torpedo bomber of World War II. A competitor and contemporary to the Grumman TBF Avenger, the Sea Wolf was subject to substantial delays and never saw combat; only 180 of the type were built ...

, , US , , , , 1941 , , Out of service , , 180 , , , - , Curtiss CS/ Martin T2M , , US , , , , 1923 , , Out of service , , 83 , , , - , Curtiss CT , , US , , , , 1921 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Curtiss R-3, R-6 & R-9 , , US , , , , 1915 , , Out of service , , 312 , , , - ,

Curtiss XBTC The Curtiss XBTC was a prototype single-seat, single-engined torpedo/ dive bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy. Four aircraft were ordered, powered by two different engines, but the two aircraft to be fitted with th ...

, , US , , , , 1945 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - , Curtiss XBT2C , , US , , , , 1945 , , Prototype , , 9 , , , - ,

De Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or ...

, , UK , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 7,781 , , Number includes all types. , - ,

Dewoitine D.750 The Dewoitine D.750 was a prototype France, French twin-engined torpedo bomber. It was designed prior to the outbreak of the Second World War to operate from the aircraft carriers of the French Navy, but only a single example was completed, with d ...

, , France , , , , 1940 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Dornier Do D , , Germany , , , , 1924 , , Out of service , , 29 , , , - ,

Dornier Do 22 The Dornier Do 22 was a German seaplane, developed in the 1930s. Despite good performance, it was built only in small numbers and entirely for the export market. The type was operated in the Second World War by Finland, Greece and Yugoslavia. D ...

, , Germany , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 28 , , , - ,

Dornier Do 217 The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II as a more powerful development of the Dornier Do 17, known as the ''Fliegender Bleistift'' (German: "flying pencil"). Designed in 1937 and 1938 as a heavy bomber ...

, , Germany , , , , 1938 , , , , , , Experiments only. , - ,

Douglas A-20 Havoc The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American medium bomber, attack aircraft, Intruder (air combat), night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement f ...

/Boston , , US , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 7,478 , , , - ,

Douglas BTD Destroyer The Douglas BTD Destroyer is an American dive/torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during World War II. A small number had been delivered before the end of the war, but none saw combat. Development On 20 June 1941, the United ...

, , US , , , , 1943 , , Out of service , , 30 , , , - , Douglas BT2D , , US , , , , 1945 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Douglas DT The Douglas DT bomber was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first military contract, forging a link between the company and the United States Navy. Navy Contract No. 53305 of April 1, 1921, required only 18 pages to set out the specifications that ...

, , US , , , , 1921 , , Out of service , , 90 , , , - ,

Douglas T2D The Douglas T2D was an American twin-engined torpedo bomber contracted by the military, and required to be usable on wheels or floats, and operating from aircraft carriers. It was the first twin-engined aircraft to be operated from an aircraft ca ...

, , US , , , , 1927 , , Out of service , , 31 , , , - , Douglas XT3D , , US , , , , 1931 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Douglas TBD Devastator 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. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraft flying for the Navy and possibly for any na ...

, , US , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 130 , , , - ,

Douglas TB2D Skypirate 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 aircraft carriers; it was too large for earlier decks. Two prototypes were co ...

, , US , , , , 1945 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Fairey Albacore The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and was heavily used during the Second ...

, , UK , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 800 , , , - ,

Fairey Barracuda The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) to be fabricated entirely from metal. The Barracuda ...

, , UK , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 2,572 , , , - , Fairey G.4/31 , , UK , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Fairey Spearfish The Fairey Spearfish was a British Carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based, single-engined, torpedo bomber/dive bomber that was ordered from Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm during World War II. Designed during the war, the prototype did n ...

, , UK , , , , 1945 , , Prototype , , 5 , , , - ,

Fairey Swordfish The Fairey Swordfish is a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. It was also used ...

, , UK , , , , 1934 , , Out of service , , 2,391 , , , - , Farman F.165 , , France , , , , 1927 , , Out of service , , 40 , , , - , Farman F.167 , , France , , , , 1928 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Farman F.168 , , France , , , , 1928 , , Out of service , , 200 , , , - , Farman F.268 , , France , , , , 1932 , , Conversion , , 1 , , Converted F.168. , - , Farman F.270 & 271 , , France , , , , 1933 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Farman F.368 , , France , , , , 1932 , , Conversion , , 1 , , Converted F.168. , - , Fiat G.55S ''torpedo fighter'' , , Italy , , , , 1944 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Fiat RS.14B , , Italy , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 188 , , , - ,

Fieseler Fi 167 The Fieseler Fi 167 was a 1930s German biplane torpedo and reconnaissance bomber designed for use from the Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers under construction from 1936 to 1942. Development In early 1937, the ''Reichsluftfahrtministerium ...

, , Germany , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 14 , , , - , FMA IA-58 Pucará , , Argentina , , , , 1969 , , Prototype , , 1 , , Prototype tested during

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...

. , - , Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A5/U14 , , Germany , , , , 1943 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A5/U14, F8/U2 and F8/U3 , , Germany , , , , 1944 , , Prototype , , 5 , , , - ,

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' to the Allies (English language, English: Courier), was a Nazi Germany, German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese req ...

, , Germany , , , , , , Out of service , , , , , - ,

Fokker T.II The Fokker T.II or T.2 (Not to be confused with the Fokker T-2) was a single engine floatplane designed in the Netherlands in the early 1920s as a torpedo bomber. Three were bought by the US Navy who tested them against other aircraft from the ...

/FT , , Netherlands , , , , 1921 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Fokker T.III , , Netherlands , , , , 1922 , , Out of service , , 5 , , , - , Fokker T.IV & IVa , , Netherlands , , , , 1927 , , Out of service , , 42 , , , - , Fokker T.VIII-W, -WM, -WC & -L , , Netherlands , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 49 , , , - ,

Friedrichshafen FF.35 The Friedrichshafen FF.35 was a German three-seat floatplane torpedo bomber built during World War I by '' Friedrichshafen Flugzeugbau'' built for the Imperial German Navy's () Naval Air Service (). Only one prototype was constructed in 1916 and ...

, , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Friedrichshafen FF.41 The Friedrichshafen FF.41a was a large, German-built, three-seat, twin-engine floatplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917. The aircraft was mainly used as a reconnaissance aircraft, but also as a bomber and ...

A , , Germany , , , , 1917 , , Out of service , , 9 , , , - ,

Friedrichshafen FF.53 The Friedrichshafen FF.53 was a German torpedo-carrying biplane floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen. Development and design The FF.53 was a twin-engined biplane floatplane, designed to carry a torpedo and powered by t ...

, , Germany , , , , 1918 , , Out of service , , 3 , , , - ,

Gloster Goring The Gloster Goring was a single-engined two-seat biplane designed to meet 1926 Air Ministry specifications for a day/torpedo bomber. It was not put into production and the one aircraft built served later as an engine testbed. Development Early ...

, , UK , , , , 1927 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Gloster TSR.38 The Gloster TSR.38 was a single-engined three-seat biplane designed as a naval torpedo/spotter/reconnaissance aircraft in the early 1930s. It did not reach production and only one was built. Development Gloster built what was at first known ...

, , UK , , , , 1932 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Gotha WD.11 The Gotha WD.11 (for ''Wasser Doppeldecker'' - "Water Biplane") was a torpedo bomber seaplane developed in Germany during World War I. When the general configuration of the Gotha WD.7 proved promising, Gotha set to work designing a much larger a ...

, , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , 12 , , , - , Gotha WD.14 , , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , 69 , , , - ,

Great Lakes XTBG The Great Lakes XTBG-1 was an American prototype torpedo bomber, intended for service in the United States Navy as part of that service's plan to modernise its aerial striking force in the mid-1930s. The XTBG-1 was outperformed by the competing ...

, , US , , , , 1935 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Grumman AF Guardian The Grumman AF Guardian was the first purpose-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier-based aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy.Kowalski 1991, p. 3. It consisted of two airframe variants, one for detection gear, the other f ...

, , US , , , , 1945 , , Out of service , , 389 , , , - ,

Grumman TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for 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 eventually used by several air and naval av ...

, , US , , , , 1941 , , Out of service , , 9,839 , , , - ,

Grumman XTB2F The Grumman TB2F was a cancelled twin-engined torpedo bomber project, intended as Grumman's successor to the successful TBF Avenger. However, only a mockup was ever constructed. In 1944, during World War II, the ''Midway'' class aircraft carr ...

, , US , , , , N/A , , Design only , , 0 , , , - ,

Grumman XTSF The Grumman XTSF was a proposed twin-engine torpedo scout aircraft, designed by Grumman for the United States Navy towards the end of World War II. Based on the design of the Grumman F7F Tigercat fighter, but enlarged and with the addition of a ...

, , US , , , , N/A , , Design only , , 0 , , , - ,

Hall XPTBH The Hall XPTBH was a prototype American twin-engined seaplane, submitted to the United States Navy by the Hall Aluminum Aircraft Corporation in response to a 1934 specification for new bomber and scout aircraft. Constructed in an innovative fa ...

, , US , , , , 1937 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow The Handley Page H.P.31 was a two-seat single-engined biplane built to a British specification for a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. After trials, the Blackburn Ripon was preferred, though the Harrow played a significa ...

, , UK , , , , 1926 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - , Handley Page H.P.46 , , UK , , , , 1932 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Handley Page H.P.47 , , UK , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Handley Page Hampden The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden is a British twin-engine medium bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Vickers ...

, , UK , , , , 1936 , , Out of service , , 1,430 , , Later role , - , Handley Page Hanley , , UK , , , , 1922 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - ,

Handley Page Hare __NOTOC__ The Handley Page HP.34 Hare was a British two-seat high-altitude day bomber designed and built at Cricklewood by Handley Page. It was designed by Harold Boultbee to meet the requirements of List Of Air Ministry Specifications#1920-192 ...

, , UK , , , , 1928 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Handley Page Hendon The Handley Page Hendon was a British torpedo bomber of the 1920s. A two-seat development of Handley Page's earlier single-seat Hanley, the Hendon was a single-engine biplane. While six aircraft were purchased by the British Air Ministry for ...

, , UK , , , , 1924 , , Out of service , , 6 , , , - ,

Hansa-Brandenburg GW The Hansa-Brandenburg GW was a floatplane torpedo bomber produced in Germany during World War I for the Imperial German Navy. In configuration, it was similar to the Hansa-Brandenburg G.I land-based bomber, but the GW was substantially larger ...

, , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , c. 20 , , , - , Hansa-Brandenburg GDW , , Germany , , , , 1916 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Hawker Dantorp The Hawker Dantorp H.B. III was a Danish single-engined biplane bomber of the 1930s. The aircraft was a development of the British Hawker Horsley designed for the Danish Navy, but differed in being powered by a radial engine and having a third c ...

, , UK , , , , 1932 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Hawker Harrier The Hawker Harrier was an experimental biplane torpedo bomber aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft to a specification issued in the 1920s for the RAF. Development In 1925, the British Air Ministry laid down specifications for a high altitude ...

, , UK , , , , 1927 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Hawker Horsley The Hawker Horsley was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s. It was the last all-wooden aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft, and served as a medium day bomber and torpedo bomber with Britain's Royal Air Force between 1926 and 1935 ...

, , UK , , , , 1925 , , Out of service , , 122 , , , - , Heinkel HE 7 , , Germany , , , , 1927 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Heinkel HD 14 The Heinkel HD 14 was a single-engine biplane torpedo aircraft developed by the German aviation company Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the 1920s, and produced in a single prototype, under license, from Swedish by Svenska Aero in Stockholm. Deve ...

, , Germany , , , , 1924 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Heinkel HD 16 The Heinkel HD 16 was a single-engine biplane torpedo aircraft developed by the German aviation company Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the nineteen-twenties and produced under license by Svenska Aero in Stockholm, Sweden. Development The Heink ...

, , Germany , , , , 1928 , , Out of service , , 2 , , , - ,

Heinkel He 59 The Heinkel He 59 was a twin-engined German biplane designed in 1930, resulting from a requirement for a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft able to operate on wheeled landing gear or twin-floats. Development In 1930, Ernst Heinkel bega ...

, , Germany , , , , 1931 , , Out of service , , 142 , , , - , Heinkel He 111 J and H-5/6 , , Germany , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 6,508 , , Number includes all types. , - ,

Heinkel He 115 The Heinkel He 115 was a three-seat World War II ''Luftwaffe'' seaplane. It was used as a torpedo bomber and performed general seaplane duties, such as reconnaissance and minelaying. The aircraft was powered by two 960 PS (947 hp, 720&n ...

, , Germany , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , 138 , , , - , Heinkel He 177 A-3/R7 , , Germany , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 1,169 , , , - ,

Ilyushin DB-3 The Ilyushin DB-3, where "DB" stands for ''Dalniy Bombardirovschik'' (Russian: Дальний бомбардировщик) meaning "long-range bomber", was a Soviet bomber aircraft of World War II. It was a twin-engined, low-wing monoplane that f ...

T/Il-4T , , USSR , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , , , , - ,

Ilyushin Il-2 The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word ''shturmovík'' (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term ...

T , , USSR , , , , , , Out of service , , , , , - ,

Ilyushin Il-28 The Ilyushin Il-28 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-28; NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet aircraft, jet bomber of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Forces. It was the Soviet Union's first such ai ...

T , , USSR , , , , 1948 , , Out of service , , 6,731 , , Number includes all types. , - , Junkers G 24/''See''/G 24g1e , , Germany , , , , , , Experimental , , 1 , , , - , Junkers JuG-1 , , Germany , , , , 1924 , , Out of service , , 23 , , , - ,

Junkers Ju 86 The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by various air forces on both sides during World War II. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry ten passengers. Two were delivered to S ...

K T.3 , , Germany , , , , 1936 , , Out of service , , 16 , , Swedish examples only. , - , Junkers Ju 87 C and D-4 , , Germany , , , , , , Prototype , , , , Experimental only. , - , Junkers Ju 88 A-4/Torp and A/17 , , Germany , , , , , , Prototype , , , , , - ,

Junkers Ju 188 The Junkers Ju 188 was a German ''Luftwaffe'' high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-up to the Ju 88 with better performance and payload. It was produced only in limited numbers, due both to the presence of i ...

, , Germany , , , , , , Out of service , , , , , - ,

Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK The Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK was an American dive and torpedo bomber developed by Kaiser-Fleetwings for the United States Navy starting in 1944. After only five examples had been built, with the first two being flying prototypes; the contract was ...

, , US , , , , 1945 , , Prototype , , 5 , , , - ,

Kawanishi H6K The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was Mavis; the Navy designation was . Design ...

''Mavis'' , , Japan , , , , 1936 , , Out of service , , 215 , , , - ,

Kawanishi H8K The Kawanishi H8K was a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was "Emily". The Kawanishi H8K was a large, four-engine aircraft designed ...

''Emily'' , , Japan , , , , 1941 , , Out of service , , 167 , , , - , KEA L.33 ''Xelóna'' , , Greece , , , , 1938 , , Out of service , , 2 , , , - ,

Latécoère 290 __NOTOC__ The Latécoère 290 was a torpedo bomber floatplane produced in France during the 1930s. Designed by Latécoère in response to an Aéronavale specification for such an aircraft, the 290 was based on its successful Latécoère 28, Laté ...

series , , France , , , , 1931 , , Out of service , , 35 , , , - , Latécoère 298 , , France , , , , 1936 , , Out of service , , 121 , , , - , Latécoère 299 , , France , , , , 1939 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - , Latécoère 302 , , France , , , , 1931 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - , Latécoère 440 , , France , , , , 1931 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - , Latécoère 550 , , France , , , , 1933 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Latécoère 582 , , France , , , , 1935 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Levasseur PL.2 , , France , , , , 1922 , , Out of service , , 11 , , , - ,

Levasseur PL.7 The Levasseur PL.7 was a torpedo bomber developed in France in the late 1920s. It was a development of Levasseur's PL.4 reconnaissance aircraft and intended to replace their PL.2 then in service with the Aéronavale. It was a single-bay bipla ...

, , France , , , , 1928 , , Out of service , , 46 , , , - ,

Levasseur PL.14 __NOTOC__ The Levasseur PL.14 was a torpedo bomber seaplane developed in France in the late 1920s.Taylor 1989, 575 It was essentially similar to Levasseur's PL.7 carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft with the addition of pontoons. The design di ...

, , France , , , , 1929 , , Out of service , , 30 , , , - ,

Levasseur PL.15 __NOTOC__ The Levasseur PL.15 was a torpedo bomber seaplane developed in France in the early 1930s.Taylor 1989, p. 575. It was a follow-on design to Levasseur's PL.14 that had, in turn, been developed from the carrier-based PL.7.Taylor and Al ...

, , France , , , , 1932 , , Out of service , , 17 , , , - , Levasseur PL.107 & 108 , , France , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , 3 , , , - , Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258 , , France , , , , 1928 , , Out of service , , 87 , , , - , Loire-Nieuport 10 , , France , , , , 1939 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Lockheed Ventura The Lockheed Ventura is a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol bomber of World War II. The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in 1 ...

, , US , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 2,475 , , , - , Lockheed Harpoon , , US , , , , 1943 , , Out of service , , 535 , , , - ,

Lublin R-XX The Lublin R-XX was the Polish torpedo bomber floatplane, designed in the early 1930s in the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It remained a prototype. Design and development In 1930 the Polish Ministry of Defence announced a contest for a ...

, , Poland , , , , 1935 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , LWS-5 , , Poland , , , , N/A , , Design only , , 0 , , , - ,

Martin AM Mauler The Martin AM Mauler (originally XBTM) was a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft built for the United States Navy. Designed during World War II, the Mauler encountered development delays and did not enter service until 1948 in small numbe ...

, , US , , , , 1944 , , Out of service , , 151 , , , - ,

Martin B-26 Marauder The Martin B-26 Marauder is an American twin-engined medium bomber that saw extensive service during World War II. The B-26 was built at two locations: Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska, by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in t ...

, , US , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 5,288 , , Number includes all types. , - ,

Martin BM The Martin BM was a 1930s American torpedo bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company for the United States Navy. Design and development To meet the requirement for a special-purpose dive bomber for the United States Navy and United States Mar ...

, , US , , , , 1930 , , Out of service , , 32 , , , - , Martin MBT/MT , , US , , , , 1918 , , Out of service , , 20 , , , - ,

Martin P4M Mercator The Martin P4M Mercator was a maritime reconnaissance aircraft built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. The Mercator was an unsuccessful contender for a United States Navy requirement for a long-range maritime patrol bomber, with the Lockheed P2V ...

, , US , , , , 1946 , , Out of service , , 21 , , , - ,

Martin P5M Marlin The Martin P5M Marlin (P-5 Marlin after 1962), built by the Glenn L. Martin Company of Middle River, Maryland, was a twin piston-engined flying boat that entered service in 1951, and served into the late 1960s with the United States Navy perfo ...

, , US , , , , 1948 , , Out of service , , 285 , , , - ,

Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American Maritime patrol aircraft, patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and Consolidated PB2Y Coronado, PB2Y Coronado in s ...

, , US , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 1,285 , , , - , Martin T2M (SC) , , US , , , , 1923 , , Out of service , , 75 , , , - ,

Martin T3M The Martin T3M was an American torpedo bomber of the 1920s. A single-engined three-seat biplane, it became a standard torpedo bomber of the U.S. Navy, operating from both land bases and from aircraft carriers from 1926 to 1932. Development an ...

, , US , , , , 1926 , , Out of service , , 124 , , , - ,

Martin T4M Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

, , US , , , , 1927 , , Out of service , , 155 , , , - ,

Martin XT6M __NOTOC__ The Martin XT6M was an American biplane torpedo bomber, designed and built by Glenn L. Martin Company, Martin for the United States Navy. Designated XT6M-1, it was powered a Pratt & Whitney R-1860 radial engine and was delivered in 193 ...

, , US , , , , 1930 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Messerschmitt Me 410 B-5 , , Germany , , , , 1944 , , Prototype , , 1 , , Experiment only. , - ,

Mitsubishi 1MT The Mitsubishi 1MT was a Japanese single-seat triplane torpedo bomber built by Mitsubishi for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Designed by the former Sopwith designer Herbert Smith it was intended for use aboard the Japanese aircraft car ...

, , Japan , , , , 1922 , , Out of service , , 20 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi 3MT5 The Mitsubishi 3MT5 was a Japanese bomber of the 1930s. It was a twin-engined biplane that was intended to operate from Japanese aircraft carriers, but proved to be unsuitable for carrier use, and the eleven aircraft built were instead used as ...

, , Japan , , , , 1932 , , Prototype , , 11 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi 3MT10 The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...

, , Japan , , , , 1932 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi B1M The Mitsubishi B1M was a Japanese torpedo bomber of the 1920s, also known as the Navy Type 13 Carrier-Borne Attack Aircraft. It was designed and built by Mitsubishi and used in combat against China. The aircraft was used by the air services of th ...

, , Japan , , , , 1923 , , Out of service , , 443 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi B2M The Mitsubishi B2M was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber of the 1920s and 1930s. It was built by Mitsubishi to a design by Blackburn Aircraft of Britain and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Design and development In 1927, the ...

, , Japan , , , , 1929 , , Out of service , , 206 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi B4M The Mitsubishi Ka-12 or B4M was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber of 1934. Two prototypes were built by Mitsubishi for the Imperial Japanese Navy. A development of the company's 3MT10 of 1932, the design differed primarily in the use of ...

, , Japan , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi B5M The Mitsubishi B5M was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) land-based attack aircraft, originally intended for carrier use. The B5M was also given the long formal designation and Allied reporting name of Mabel. The B5M was designed ...

''Mabel'' , , Japan , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , 125 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi G3M The was a Japanese bomber and transport aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during World War II. The Yokosuka L3Y (Allied reporting name "Tina"), was a transport variant of the aircraft manufactured by the Yokosu ...

''Nell'' , , Japan , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 1,048 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi G4M The Mitsubishi G4M was a twin-engine, land-based medium bomber formerly manufactured by the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. Its official designati ...

''Betty'' , , Japan , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 2,435 , , , - ,

Mitsubishi Ki-67 The Mitsubishi Ki-67 ''Hiryū'' (飛龍, "Flying Dragon"; Allied reporting name "Peggy") was a twin-engine heavy bomber produced by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company and used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and Imperial Japanese Navy Air Serv ...

''Peggy'' , , Japan , , , , 1942 , , Out of service , , 767 , , , - , Nakajima B3N , , Japan , , , , 1933 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Nakajima B4N is a Japanese name. It is also sometimes romanized as Nakashima and sometimes written as . It may refer to: Places * Nakashima District, Aichi, former district in Japan, now part of Inazawa, Aichi. * Nakajima, Ehime, former town in Japan * Nakaj ...

, , Japan , , , , 1936 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - ,

Nakajima B5N The Nakajima B5N ( ja, 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Al ...

''Kate'' , , Japan , , , , 1937 , , Out of service , , c. 1,150 , , , - ,

Nakajima B6N The Nakajima B6N ''Tenzan'' ( ja, 中島 B6N 天山, "Heavenly Mountain", World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft, Allied reporting name: "Jill") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard Aircraft carrier, carrier-borne torpedo bomber du ...

''Jill'' , , Japan , , , , 1941 , , Out of service , , 1,268 , , , - ,

North American B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in e ...

, , US , , , , 1940 , , , , 9,984 , , Some variants only. , - ,

Northrop N-3PB The Northrop N-3PB Nomad was a single-engined American floatplane of the 1940s. Northrop developed the N-3PB as an export model based on the earlier Northrop A-17 design. A total of 24 were purchased by Norway, but were not delivered until af ...

, , US , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 24 , , , - , Parnall G.4/31 , , UK , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Piaggio P.108 The Piaggio P.108 ''Bombardiere'' was an Italian four-engine heavy bomber that saw service with the Regia Aeronautica during World War II.Matricardi 2006, p. 257. The prototype first flew on 24 November 1939 and it entered service in 1941. I ...

, , Italy , , , , 1939 , , Out of service , , 24 , , Secondary role , - , PZL 18 , , Poland , , , , N/A , , Design only , , 0 , , , - , Reggiane Re.2001G/H ''torpedo fighter'' , , Italy , , Variant , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 2 , , , - , Reggiane Re.2002 ''torpedo fighter'' , , Italy , , , , 1940 , , Prototype , , 1 , , For trials. , - , RWD 22 , , Poland , , , , N/A , , Design only , , 0 , , , - , SAAB T 18B , , Sweden , , , , 1942 , , Out of service , , 52 , , Torpedo bomber used for ground attack. , - ,

Savoia-Marchetti S.55 The Savoia-Marchetti S.55 was a double-hulled flying boat produced in Italy, beginning in 1924. Shortly after its introduction, it began setting records for speed, payload, altitude and range. Design and development The S.55 featured many in ...

, , Italy , , , , 1924 , , Out of service , , 212 , , , - , Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 ''Sparviero'' , , Italy , , , , 1934 , , Out of service , , 1,350 , , , - ,

Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 ''Pipistrello'' (Italian: bat) was the first three-engine bomber/transport aircraft serving in the Italian ''Regia Aeronautica''.Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 188. When it appeared in 1935, it represented a real s ...

, , Italy , , , , 1934 , , Out of service , , 535 , , For trials. , - ,

Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.84, not to be confused with the Savoia-Marchetti S.84 airliner prototype, was an Italian bomber aircraft of World War II. It was designed by Savoia-Marchetti as a replacement for its successful SM.79, and shared its thr ...

, , Italy , , , , 1940 , , Out of service , , 309 , , , - ,

Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 was an Italian dive bomber designed and produced in Italy from 1943. Design The SM-93 was an all-wood single-engined low-wing monoplane with retractable undercarriage. The fuselage had a monocoque structure, with a si ...

, , Italy , , , , 1944 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Short Shirl The Short N.1B Shirl was a British single-seat biplane, intended to carry heavy torpedoes from early aircraft carriers late in World War I. It met its specifications but planned production was ended with the Armistice of 1918. The design was d ...

, , UK , , , , 1918 , , Prototype , , 4 , , , - , Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3 , , UK , , , , 1946 , , Prototype , , 4 , , , - ,

Short Type 81 The Short Admiralty Type 81 was a series of British two-seat floatplanes built prior to the First World War, and used by the Royal Naval Air Service in the early years of the war. They were powered by Gnome Lambda-Lambda 14 cylinder two-row ...

, , UK , , , , 1913 , , Out of service , , 9 , , , - ,

Short Type 166 The Short Type 166 was a 1910s British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying folder seaplane, designed by Short Brothers. Development The Short Type 166 was designed as a 'folder' aircraft to operate from the Ark Royal as a tor ...

, , UK , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , 26 , , , - ,

Short Type 184 The Short Admiralty Type 184, often called the Short 225 after the power rating of the engine first fitted, was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying folding-wing seaplane designed by Horace Short of Short Brothers. It ...

, , UK , , , , 1915 , , Out of service , , 936 , , First torpedo bomber to sink a ship. , - , Short Type 310/320 , , UK , , , , 1916 , , Out of service , , 127 , , , - , SNCAC NC.4-10 , , France , , , , 1939 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , SNCAC NC.1070 , , France , , , , 1947 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , SNCAO CAO.600 , , France , , , , 1940 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Sopwith Cuckoo The Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo was a British biplane torpedo bomber used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), and its successor organization, the Royal Air Force (RAF). The T.1 was the first landplane specifically designed for carrier operations, bu ...

, , UK , , , , 1917 , , Out of service , , 232 , , First purpose-built carrier-based torpedo bomber. , - , Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type C , , UK , , , , 1914 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Sopwith Type 860 __NOTOC__ The Sopwith Admiralty Type 860 was a 1910s British biplane seaplane torpedo bomber designed and built for the Admiralty by the Sopwith Aviation Company. Design and development First flown in December 1914 the Type 860 was an unswept b ...

, , UK , , , , 1914 , , Out of service , , 22 , , , - , Stout ST , , US , , , , 1922 , , Prototype , , 3 , , , - , Supermarine Nanok , , UK , , , , 1927 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Supermarine Type 322 The Supermarine Type 322 was a prototype British carrier-borne torpedo, dive bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of the Second World War. A single-engined monoplane, it was unsuccessful, with only two examples being built. The Fairey Barracuda, ...

, , UK , , , , 1943 , , Prototype , , 2 , , , - , Tupolev ANT-7 (MR-6) , , USSR , , , , 1930 , , Out of service , , 411 , , Number includes all variants. , - ,

Tupolev ANT-22 __NOTOC__ The Tupolev ANT-22 (also known as the MK-1) was a large flying boat built in the Soviet Union in 1934. A huge aircraft consisting of two hulls and powered by six engines in three nacelles in a push-pull configuration, it was based on t ...

, , USSR , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Tupolev ANT-41 (T-1) , , USSR , , , , 1936 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , KR-6T , , USSR , , , , , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Tupolev TB-1 The Tupolev TB-1 (development name ANT-4) was a Soviet bomber aircraft, an angular monoplane that served as the backbone of the Soviet bomber force for many years, and was the first large all-metal aircraft built in the Soviet Union. Design and ...

, , USSR , , , , 1925 , , Out of service , , 218 , , , - , Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T) , , USSR , , , , , , Out of service , , , , , - ,

Tupolev Tu-14 The Tupolev Tu-14 (NATO reporting name: Bosun) (USAF/ DOD reporting name: Type 35), was a Soviet twinjet light bomber derived from the Tupolev Tu-73, the failed competitor to the Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle'. It was used as a torpedo bomber by the ...

, , USSR , , , , 1949 , , Out of service , , 89 , , , - ,

Tupolev Tu-91 The Tupolev Tu-91 ( NATO reporting name Boot) was a Soviet carrier-borne attack aircraft. It was built only in prototype form, and was converted into a land-based aircraft after Joseph Stalin's death in 1953 cancelled the aircraft carriers being ...

, , USSR , , , , 1955 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - , Vickers Type 207 , , UK , , , , 1933 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Vickers Type 253 The Vickers Type 253 was a single-engined two-seat biplane general-purpose military machine built to a 1930 government specification. It won a production contract, but this was transferred to the same company's monoplane equivalent, the Welle ...

, , UK , , , , 1934 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Vickers Vildebeest The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were two very large two- to three-seat single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo bombers and in army cooperation roles. First flown i ...

, , UK , , , , 1928 , , Out of service , , 209 , , , - ,

Vickers Vimy The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World War to equip the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Reginald Kirshaw "Rex" ...

, , UK , , , , 1918 , , Out of service , , 1 , , Trials. , - ,

Vickers Wellesley The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey. It was one of two aircraft to be named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of We ...

, , UK , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 177 , , Role dropped following drop tests. , - ,

Vickers Wellington The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson; a key feature of the aircraft is its g ...

, , UK , , , , 1936 , , Out of service , , 11,461 , , Number includes all types. , - ,

Westland PV-3 The Westland PV-3 was a British two-seat torpedo bomber of the 1930s built by Westland Aircraft Works. The aircraft was a private venture development and based on the Westland Wapiti. It never entered production. The aircraft is best known as o ...

, , UK , , , , 1931 , , Prototype , , 1 , , Role dropped. , - ,

Westland PV.7 The Westland PV.7 was a private venture submission to a 1930s British specification for a general-purpose military aircraft with two crew. It was a single-engined, high-wing monoplane of promise, but was destroyed early in official tests. Desi ...

, , UK , , , , 1933 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Westland Witch The Westland Witch was an unsuccessful British bomber prototype, first flown in 1928. Only a single aircraft of this type was built. Development The Witch was developed to List of Air Ministry specifications, specification 23/25 for a single-e ...

, , UK , , , , 1928 , , Prototype , , 1 , , , - ,

Westland Wyvern The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft that served in the 1950s, seeing active service in the 1956 Suez Crisis. Production Wyverns were powered by a turboprop engine dr ...

, , UK , , , , 1946 , , Out of service , , 127 , , , - , Wight Twin , , UK , , , , 1915 , , Out of service , , 4 , , , - , Yokosuka experimental twin-engined seaplane , , Japan , , , , 1916 , , Experimental , , 1 , , , - ,

Yokosuka B3Y The Kugisho B3Y, or Navy Type 92 Carrier Attack Bomber, also popularly titled Yokosuka B3Y, was a Japanese aircraft carrier, carrier-based torpedo bomber of the 1930s. It was designed by the Naval Air Technical Arsenal at Yokosuka, and while unim ...

, , Japan , , , , 1933 , , Out of service , , 129 , , , - ,

Yokosuka B4Y The Yokosuka B4Y, (Navy Type 96 Carrier Attack Bomber), carrier-borne torpedo bomber was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1936 to 1943. The B4Y replaced the Mitsubishi B2M2 and was the last biplane bomber used operationally ...

''Jean'' , , Japan , , , , 1935 , , Out of service , , 205 , , , - ,

Yokosuka P1Y The Yokosuka P1Y ''Ginga'' (銀河, "Galaxy") was a twin-engine, land-based bomber developed for the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II. It was the successor to the Mitsubishi G4M and given the Allied reporting name "Frances". Design and d ...

''Frances'' , , Japan , , , , 1943 , , Out of service , , 1,102 , ,

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