List of torpedo bombers

Sopwith Cuckoo dropping torpedo during trials

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

AircraftOriginFirst
Flight		No.
Built		Notes
AD Seaplane Type 1000UK19162
Aeromarine 700US19172
Aichi AB-8Japan19331[1]
Aichi B7A GraceJapan1942114[2]
Albatros W.3Germany19161[3]
Albatros W.5Germany19165[3]
Arado Ar 95Germany193642[4]
Arado Ar 195Germany19373[4]
Avro 557 AvaUK19242
Avro 571 BuffaloUK19261
Beardmore W.B.VIUK
Blackburn B-3UK19322
Blackburn B-7UK19341
Blackburn BaffinUK193297
Blackburn BeagleUK19281
Blackburn BlackburdUK19183
Blackburn BothaUK1938580
Blackburn CubarooUK19242
Blackburn DartUK1921118
Blackburn FirebrandUK1942193
Blackburn FirecrestUK19473
Blackburn KangarooUK191820
Blackburn RiponUK192692
Blackburn SharkUK1933269
Blackburn SwiftUK192113
Blackburn VelosUK192522
Bloch MB.175TFrance193980[5]
Bloch MB.480France19392[6]
Blohm & Voss Ha 140Germany19373[4]
Boeing TBUS19273
Boeing XF8BUS19443secondary torpedo bomber role
Borel-Odier Bo-TFrance19169191 ordered, not all built[7]
Brewster SB2A BuccaneerUS1941771
Bristol BeaufortUK19382129[8]
Bristol BeaufighterUK19395928some variants only[8]
Bristol BrigandUK1944147
CAC WoomeraAustralia19412
CANT Z.506BItaly1935324[9]
CANT Z.1007Italy1937660[10]
Caproni Ca.3Italy1916250-300
Caproni Ca.124Italy19371[11]
Caproni Ca 314-RAItaly194014[12]
Caproni Ca.316Italy194014[13]
Consolidated PBY CatalinaUS19353305
Consolidated PB2Y CoronadoUS1937217
Consolidated PB4Y-2 PrivateerUS1943739
Consolidated TBY Sea WolfUS1941180
Curtiss CS/Martin T2MUS192383
Curtiss CTUS19211
Curtiss R-3, R-6 & R-9US1915312[14]
Curtiss XBTCUS19452
Curtiss XBT2CUS19459
De Havilland MosquitoUK19407,781some variants only
Dewoitine D.750France19401[15]
Dornier Do DGermany192429[14]
Dornier Do 22Germany193828[4]
Dornier Do 217Germany1938experiments only[16]
Douglas A-20 Havoc/BostonUS19397478[17]
Douglas A-1 SkyraiderUS19453180
Douglas BTD DestroyerUS194330
Douglas DTUS192190
Douglas T2DUS192731
Douglas XT3DUS19311
Douglas TBD DevastatorUS1935130[17]
Douglas TB2D SkypirateUS19452
Fairey AlbacoreUK1938800[8]
Fairey BarracudaUK19402607
Fairey G.4/31UK19341
Fairey SealUK193095
Fairey SpearfishUK19455
Fairey SwordfishUK19342391[8]
Farman F.60 TorpFrance1921210[18]
Farman F.165France192740[19]
Farman F.167France19281[20]
Farman F.168France1928200[21]
Farman F.268France19321converted F.168[22]
Farman F.270 & 271France19331[23][24]
Farman F.368France19321converted F.168[25]
Fiat G.55S torpedo fighterItaly19441[26]
Fiat RS.14BItaly1939188[27]
Fieseler Fi 167Germany193814[4]
FMA IA-58 PucaráArgentina19691prototype tested during Falklands War[28]
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F8/U2 and F8/U3Germany[16]
Focke-Wulf Fw 200Germany[16]
Fokker T.II/FTNetherlands19211[29]
Fokker T.IIINetherlands19225[29]
Fokker T.IV & IVaNetherlands192742[30]
Fokker T.VIII-W, -WM, -WC & -LNetherlands193849[31]
Friedrichshafen FF.35Germany19161[3]
Friedrichshafen FF.41AGermany19179[3]
Friedrichshafen FF.53Germany19183[3]
Gloster GoringUK19271
Gloster TSR.38UK19321
Gotha WD.11Germany191612[3]
Gotha WD.14Germany191669[3]
Great Lakes XTBGUS19351
Grumman AF GuardianUS1945389
Grumman TBF AvengerUS19419839[17]
Grumman XTB2FUSnot built0
Grumman XTSFUSnot built0
Hall XPTBHUS19371
Handley Page H.P.31 HarrowUK19262
Handley Page H.P.46UK19321
Handley Page H.P.47UK19341
Handley Page HampdenUK19361430later role[8]
Handley Page HanleyUK19223
Handley Page HareUK19281
Handley Page HendonUK19246
Hansa-Brandenburg GWGermany1916~20[3]
Hansa-Brandenburg GDWGermany[3]
Hawker HarrierUK19271
Hawker Horsley/DantorpUK1925124
Heinkel HE 7Germany[14]
Heinkel HD 14Germany[14]
Heinkel HD 16Germany[32]
Heinkel He 59Germany1931142[32]
Heinkel He 111 J and H-5/6Germany19356508number includes all types[33]
Heinkel He 115Germany1937138[4]
Heinkel He 177 A-3/R7Germany19391169[16]
Ilyushin DB-3T/Il-4TUSSR1938[17]
Ilyushin Il-2TUSSR
Ilyushin Il-28USSR19486731
Junkers G 24/See/G 24g1eGermany[14]
Junkers JuG-1Germany1924[14]
Junkers Ju 86KGermanySwedish examples only
Junkers Ju 87 C and D-4Germanyexperimental only[16]
Junkers Ju 88 A-4/Torp and A/17Germany[33]
Junkers Ju 188Germany[33]
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTKUS19455
Kawanishi H6K MavisJapan1936215[34]
Kawanishi H8K EmilyJapan1941167[35]
Latécoère 290 seriesFrance193135[36]
Latécoère 298[8]France1936121[37]
Latécoère 299France19392[38]
Latécoère 302France19313[39]
Latécoère 440France19312[40]
Latécoère 550France19331[41]
Latécoère 582France19351
Levasseur PL.2France192211[42]
Levasseur PL.7France192846[43][44][45]
Levasseur PL.14France192930[46]
Levasseur PL.15France193217[47]
Levasseur PL.107 & 108France19373[48][49]
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258France192887
Loire-Nieuport 10France19391
Lockheed HudsonUS19382941
Lockheed VenturaUS19402475
Lockheed HarpoonUS1943535
Lublin R-XXPoland19351[50]
LWS 5Polandnot built0[51]
Martin AM MaulerUS1944151
Martin B-26 MarauderUS19405288
Martin BMUS193032
Martin MBT/MTUS191820[14]
Martin P4M MercatorUS194621
Martin P5M MarlinUS1948285
Martin PBM MarinerUS19391285
Martin T2MUS192375
Martin T3MUS1926124
Martin T4MUS1927155
Martin XT6MUS19301
Messerschmitt Me 410 B-5Germanyexperiment only[16]
Mitsubishi 1MTJapan192220[52]
Mitsubishi 3MT5Japan193211[53]
Mitsubishi 3MT10Japan19321[54]
Mitsubishi B1MJapan1923443[55]
Mitsubishi B2MJapan1929206[56]
Mitsubishi B4MJapan19341[57]
Mitsubishi B5M MabelJapan1937125[58]
Mitsubishi G3M NellJapan19351048[59]
Mitsubishi G4M BettyJapan19392435[60]
Mitsubishi Ki-67 PeggyJapan1942767[61]
Mitsubishi Q2MJapannot built0
Nakajima B3NJapan19332[62]
Nakajima B4NJapan19362[63]
Nakajima B5N KateJapan1937~1150[64]
Nakajima B6N JillJapan19411268[65]
North American B-25 MitchellUS19409984
Northrop N-3PBUS194024
Piaggio P.108Italy193924secondary role[66]
PZL 18Polandnot built0[67]
Reggiane Re.2001G/H torpedo fighterItaly19402[68]
Reggiane Re.2002 torpedo fighterItaly19401for trials
RWD 22Polandnot built0[69]
SAAB T 18BSweden194252torpedo bomber used for ground attack
Savoia-Marchetti S.55Italy1924212[70]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 SparvieroItaly19341350[8][71]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81Italy1934for trials[72]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84Italy1940309[73]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93Italy19441[74]
Short ShirlUK19184
Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3UK19464
Short Type 81UK19139
Short Type 166UK191626
Short Type 184UK19159361st torpedo bomber to sink ship[3]
Short Type 310/320UK1916127[3]
SNCAC NC.4-10France19391
SNCAO CAO.600France19401
Sopwith CuckooUK19172321st purpose built carrier based torpedo bomber[3]
Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type CUK19141
Sopwith Type 860UK191422
Stout STUS19223
Supermarine NanokUK19271
Supermarine Type 322UK19432
Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T)USSR
Tupolev MR-6 & KR-6TUSSR[8]
Tupolev SB T-1/ANT-41USSR19361
Tupolev TB-1[8]USSR1925218
Tupolev Tu-14USSR1949~150
Vickers Type 207UK19331
Vickers Type 253UK19341
Vickers VildebeestUK1928209[8]
Vickers WellesleyUK1935177role dropped following drop tests
Vickers WellingtonUK193611461[8]
Vought TBU Sea WolfUS19411
Westland PV-3UK19311role dropped
Westland PV.7UK19331
Westland WyvernUK1946127
Westland WitchUK19281
Wight TwinUK19154
Yokosuka experimental twin-engined seaplaneJapan19161[75]
Yokosuka B3YJapan1933129[76][77]
Yokosuka B4Y JeanJapan1935205[78]
Yokosuka P1Y FrancesJapan19431102[79]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.75
  2. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.288-291
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Thiele, 2004, p.8
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thiele, 2004, p.14
  5. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/bloch-mb-175-aviation-france-4493.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/bloch-mb-480-aviation-france-9297.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/borel-odier-bo-t-aviation-france-765.htm
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Thiele, 2004, p.17
  9. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.55-60
  10. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.64-69
  11. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.86-87
  12. ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.113
  13. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.113-114
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thiele, 2004, p.9
  15. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/dewoitine-d-750-aviation-france-9185.htm
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thiele, 2004, p.77
  17. 1 2 3 4 Thiele, 2004, p.18
  18. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-60-bn2-goliath--aviation-france-10004.htm
  19. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-165-aviation-france-6620.htm
  20. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-167-aviation-france-6621.htm
  21. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-168-aviation-france-1253.htm
  22. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-268-aviation-france-6616.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-270-aviation-france-6492.htm
  24. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-271-aviation-france-1846.htm
  25. ↑ Farman F-368 Hydravion de torpillage accessdate:April 2014
  26. ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.173
  27. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.125-128
  28. ↑ Halbritter, Francisco (2004). Historia de la industria aeronáutica argentina. Volume 1. Asociación Amigos de la Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica, 2004. ISBN 987-20774-4-4.(Spanish)
  29. 1 2 Hegener, 1961, p.205
  30. ↑ Hegener, 1961, pp.205-206
  31. ↑ Hegener, 1961, p.206
  32. 1 2 Thiele, 2004, p.11
  33. 1 2 3 Thiele, 2004, p.84
  34. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.301-307
  35. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.307-313
  36. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-290-aviation-france-934.htm
  37. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-298a-aviation-france-5548.htm
  38. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-299-aviation-france-873.htm
  39. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-302-aviation-france-979.htm
  40. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-440-aviation-france-874.htm
  41. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-55-0-aviation-france-931.htm
  42. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-2-aviation-france-1549.htm
  43. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-7-aviation-france-9434.htm
  44. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-7-18m-aviation-france-9435.htm
  45. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-7-16m50-aviation-france-7550.htm
  46. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-14-aviation-france-9442.htm
  47. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-15-aviation-france-9443.htm
  48. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-107-aviation-france-9446.htm
  49. ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-108-aviation-france-9447.htm
  50. ↑ Cynk, 1971, pp.324-329
  51. ↑ Cynk, 1971, pp.343, 345
  52. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.163
  53. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.168-169
  54. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.170
  55. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.164-165
  56. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.167-168
  57. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.172-173
  58. ↑ Francillon 1979, p.491
  59. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.350-357
  60. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.378-387
  61. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.186-191
  62. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.230-231
  63. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.236
  64. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.411-416
  65. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.429-434
  66. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.227-232
  67. ↑ Cynk, 1971, pp.176-178
  68. ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.240
  69. ↑ Cynk, 1971, pp.569-572
  70. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.251-255
  71. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.262-269
  72. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.270-273
  73. ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.278-281
  74. ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.288
  75. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.266-267
  76. ↑ Francillon 1979, p.412
  77. ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.280-281
  78. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.449-451
  79. ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.462-468

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