List of torpedo bombers explained

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.__TOC__

Torpedo bombers

|-| AD Seaplane Type 1000 || UK || || 1916 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Aeromarine 700 || US || || 1917 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Aichi AB-8 || Japan || || 1933 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Aichi B7A Grace || Japan || || 1942 || Out of service || 114 || |-| Albatros W.3 || 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 || UK || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Avro 557 Ava || UK || || 1924 || Prototype || 2 || |-| 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 || UK || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Blackburn Baffin || UK || || 1932 || Out of service || 97 || |-| Blackburn Beagle || UK || || 1928 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Blackburn Blackburd || UK || || 1918 || Prototype || 3 || |-| Blackburn Botha || UK || || 1938 || Out of service || 580 || |-| Blackburn Cubaroo || UK || || 1924 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Blackburn Dart || UK || || 1921 || Out of service || 118 || |-| Blackburn Firebrand || UK || || 1942 || Out of service || 220 || |-| Blackburn Firecrest || UK || || 1947 || Prototype || 3 || |-| Blackburn G.P. || UK || || 1916 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Blackburn Kangaroo || UK || || 1918 || Out of service || 20 || |-| Blackburn Ripon || UK || || 1926 || Out of service || 96 || |-| Blackburn Shark || UK || || 1933 || Out of service || 269 || |-| Blackburn Swift || UK || || 1921 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Blackburn Velos || UK || || 1925 || Out of service || 16 || |-| Bloch MB.175T || France || || 1939 || Out of service || 80 || [1] |-| Bloch MB.480 || France || || 1939 || Prototype || 2 || [2] |-| Blohm & Voss Ha 140 || Germany || || 1937 || Prototype || 3 || |-| Boeing TB || US || || 1927 || Prototype || 3 || |-| Boeing XF8B || US || || 1944 || Prototype || 3 || Secondary torpedo bomber role.|-| Borel-Odier Bo-T || France || || 1916 || Out of service || || 91 ordered, not all built[3] |-| Brewster SB2A Buccaneer || US || || 1941 || Out of service || 771 || |-| Bristol Beaufort || UK || || 1938 || Out of service || 2,129 || |-| Bristol Beaufighter || UK || || 1939 || Out of service || 5,928 || Some variants only.|-| Bristol Brigand || UK || || 1944 || Out of service || 147 || |-| CAC Woomera || Australia || || 1941 || Prototype || 2 || |-| CANT Z.506B || Italy || || 1935 || Out of service || 324 || |-| CANT Z.1007 || Italy || || 1937 || Out of service || 660 || |-| Caproni Ca.3 || 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 || US || || 1935 || Out of service || 3,305 || |-| Consolidated PB2Y Coronado || US || || 1937 || Out of service || 217 || |-| Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer || US || || 1943 || Out of service || 739 || |-| Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf || 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 || US || || 1945 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Curtiss XBT2C || US || || 1945 || Prototype || 9 || |-| De Havilland Mosquito || UK || || 1940 || Out of service || 7,781 || Number includes all types.|-| Dewoitine D.750 || France || || 1940 || Prototype || 1 || [4] |-| Dornier Do D || Germany || || 1924 || Out of service || 29 || |-| Dornier Do 22 || Germany || || 1938 || Out of service || 28 || |-| Dornier Do 217 || Germany || || 1938 || || || Experiments only. |-| Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston || US || || 1939 || Out of service || 7,478 || |-| Douglas BTD Destroyer || US || || 1943 || Out of service || 30 || |-| Douglas BT2D || US || || 1945 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Douglas DT || US || || 1921 || Out of service || 90 || |-| Douglas T2D || US || || 1927 || Out of service || 31 || |-| Douglas XT3D || US || || 1931 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Douglas TBD Devastator || US || || 1935 || Out of service || 130 || |-| Douglas TB2D Skypirate || US || || 1945 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Fairey Albacore || UK || || 1938 || Out of service || 800 || |-| Fairey Barracuda || UK || || 1940 || Out of service || 2,572 || |-| Fairey G.4/31 || UK || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Fairey Spearfish || UK || || 1945 || Prototype || 5 || |-| Fairey Swordfish || UK || || 1934 || Out of service || 2,391 || |-| Farman F.165 || France || || 1927 || Out of service || 40 || [5] |-| Farman F.167 || France || || 1928 || Prototype || 1 || [6] |-| Farman F.168 || France || || 1928 || Out of service || 200 || [7] |-| Farman F.268 || France || || 1932 || Conversion || 1 || Converted F.168.[8] |-| Farman F.270 & 271 || France || || 1933 || Prototype || 1 || [9] [10] |-| Farman F.368 || France || || 1932 || Conversion || 1 || Converted F.168.[11] |-| Fiat G.55S torpedo fighter || Italy || || 1944 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Fiat RS.14B || Italy || || 1939 || Out of service || 188 || |-| Fieseler Fi 167 || Germany || || 1938 || Out of service || 14 || |-| FMA IA-58 Pucará || Argentina || || 1969 || Prototype || 1 || Prototype tested during Falklands War.[12] |-| 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 || Germany || || || Out of service || || |-| Fokker T.II/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 || Germany || || 1916 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Friedrichshafen FF.41A || Germany || || 1917 || Out of service || 9 || |-| Friedrichshafen FF.53 || Germany || || 1918 || Out of service || 3 || |-| Gloster Goring || UK || || 1927 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Gloster TSR.38 || UK || || 1932 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Gotha WD.11 || Germany || || 1916 || Out of service || 12 || |-| Gotha WD.14 || Germany || || 1916 || Out of service || 69 || |-| Great Lakes XTBG || US || || 1935 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Grumman AF Guardian || US || || 1945 || Out of service || 389 || |-| Grumman TBF Avenger || US || || 1941 || Out of service || 9,839 || |-| Grumman XTB2F || US || || N/A || Design only || 0 || |-| Grumman XTSF || US || || N/A || Design only || 0 || |-| Hall XPTBH || US || || 1937 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow || 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 || UK || || 1936 || Out of service || 1,430 || Later role |-| Handley Page Hanley || UK || || 1922 || Prototype || 3 || |-| Handley Page Hare || UK || || 1928 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Handley Page Hendon || UK || || 1924 || Out of service || 6 || |-| Hansa-Brandenburg GW || Germany || || 1916 || Out of service || c. 20 || |-| Hansa-Brandenburg GDW || Germany || || 1916 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Hawker Dantorp || UK || || 1932 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Hawker Harrier || UK || || 1927 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Hawker Horsley || UK || || 1925 || Out of service || 122 || |-| Heinkel HE 7 || Germany || || 1927 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Heinkel HD 14 || Germany || || 1924 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Heinkel HD 16 || Germany || || 1928 || Out of service || 2 || |-| Heinkel He 59 || 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 || Germany || || 1937 || Out of service || 138 || |-| Heinkel He 177 A-3/R7 || Germany || || 1939 || Out of service || 1,169 || |-| Ilyushin DB-3T/Il-4T || USSR || || 1938 || Out of service || || |-| Ilyushin Il-2T || USSR || || || Out of service || || |-| Ilyushin Il-28T || 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 86K 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 || Germany || || || Out of service || || |-| Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK || US || || 1945 || Prototype || 5 || |-| Kawanishi H6K Mavis || Japan || || 1936 || Out of service || 215 || |-| Kawanishi H8K Emily || Japan || || 1941 || Out of service || 167 || |-| KEA L.33 Xelóna || Greece || || 1938 || Out of service || 2 |||-| Latécoère 290 series || France || || 1931 || Out of service || 35 || [13] |-| Latécoère 298 || France || || 1936 || Out of service || 121 || [14] |-| Latécoère 299 || France || || 1939 || Prototype || 2 || [15] |-| Latécoère 302 || France || || 1931 || Prototype || 3 || [16] |-| Latécoère 440 || France || || 1931 || Prototype || 2 || [17] |-| Latécoère 550 || France || || 1933 || Prototype || 1 || [18] |-| Latécoère 582 || France || || 1935 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Levasseur PL.2 || France || || 1922 || Out of service || 11 || [19] |-| Levasseur PL.7 || France || || 1928 || Out of service || 46 || [20] [21] [22] |-| Levasseur PL.14 || France || || 1929 || Out of service || 30 || [23] |-| Levasseur PL.15 || France || || 1932 || Out of service || 17 || [24] |-| Levasseur PL.107 & 108 || France || || 1937 || Out of service || 3 || [25] [26] |-| Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258 || France || || 1928 || Out of service || 87 || |-| Loire-Nieuport 10 || France || || 1939 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Lockheed Ventura || US || || 1940 || Out of service || 2,475 || |-| Lockheed Harpoon || US || || 1943 || Out of service || 535 || |-| Lublin R-XX || Poland || || 1935 || Prototype || 1 || |-| LWS-5 || Poland || || N/A || Design only || 0 || |-| Martin AM Mauler || US || || 1944 || Out of service || 151 || |-| Martin B-26 Marauder || US || || 1940 || Out of service || 5,288 || Number includes all types.|-| Martin BM || US || || 1930 || Out of service || 32 || |-| Martin MBT/MT || US || || 1918 || Out of service || 20 || |-| Martin P4M Mercator || US || || 1946 || Out of service || 21 || |-| Martin P5M Marlin || US || || 1948 || Out of service || 285 || |-| Martin PBM Mariner || US || || 1939 || Out of service || 1,285 || |-| Martin T2M (SC) || US || || 1923 || Out of service || 75 || |-| Martin T3M || US || || 1926 || Out of service || 124 || |-| Martin T4M || US || || 1927 || Out of service || 155 || |-| Martin XT6M || US || || 1930 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Messerschmitt Me 410 B-5 || Germany || || 1944 || Prototype || 1 || Experiment only.|-| Mitsubishi 1MT || Japan || || 1922 || Out of service || 20 || |-| Mitsubishi 3MT5 || Japan || || 1932 || Prototype || 11 || |-| Mitsubishi 3MT10 || Japan || || 1932 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Mitsubishi B1M || Japan || || 1923 || Out of service || 443 || |-| Mitsubishi B2M || Japan || || 1929 || Out of service || 206 || |-| Mitsubishi B4M || Japan || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Mitsubishi B5M Mabel || Japan || || 1937 || Out of service || 125 || |-| Mitsubishi G3M Nell || Japan || || 1935 || Out of service || 1,048 || |-| Mitsubishi G4M Betty || Japan || || 1939 || Out of service || 2,435 || |-| Mitsubishi Ki-67 Peggy || Japan || || 1942 || Out of service || 767 || |-| Nakajima B3N || Japan || || 1933 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Nakajima B4N || Japan || || 1936 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Nakajima B5N Kate || Japan || || 1937 || Out of service || c. 1,150 || |-| Nakajima B6N Jill || Japan || || 1941 || Out of service || 1,268 || |-| North American B-25 Mitchell || US || || 1940 || || 9,984 || Some variants only.|-| Northrop N-3PB || US || || 1940 || Out of service || 24 || |-| Parnall G.4/31 || UK || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Piaggio P.108 || 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 || Italy || || 1924 || Out of service || 212 || |-| Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero || Italy || || 1934 || Out of service || 1,350 || |-| Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 || Italy || || 1934 || Out of service || 535 || For trials.|-| Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 || Italy || || 1940 || Out of service || 309 || |-| Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 || Italy || || 1944 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Short Shirl || UK || || 1918 || Prototype || 4 || |-| Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3 || UK || || 1946 || Prototype || 4 || |-| Short Type 81 || UK || || 1913 || Out of service || 9 || |-| Short Type 166 || UK || || 1916 || Out of service || 26 || |-| Short Type 184 || 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 || 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 || UK || || 1914 || Out of service || 22 || |-| Stout ST || US || || 1922 || Prototype || 3 || |-| Supermarine Nanok || UK || || 1927 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Supermarine Type 322 || UK || || 1943 || Prototype || 2 || |-| Tupolev ANT-7 (MR-6) || USSR || || 1930 || Out of service || 411 || Number includes all variants.|-| Tupolev ANT-22 || USSR || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Tupolev ANT-41 (T-1) || USSR || || 1936 || Prototype || 1 || |-| KR-6T || USSR || || || Prototype || 1 || |-| Tupolev TB-1 || USSR || || 1925 || Out of service || 218 || |-| Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T) || USSR || || || Out of service || || |-| Tupolev Tu-14 || USSR || || 1949 || Out of service || 89 || |-| Tupolev Tu-91 || USSR || || 1955 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Vickers Type 207 || UK || || 1933 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Vickers Type 253 || UK || || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Vickers Vildebeest || UK || || 1928 || Out of service || 209 || |-| Vickers Vimy || UK || || 1918 || Out of service || 1 || Trials.|-| Vickers Wellesley || UK || || 1935 || Out of service || 177 || Role dropped following drop tests.|-| Vickers Wellington || UK || || 1936 || Out of service || 11,461 || Number includes all types.|-| Westland PV-3 || UK || || 1931 || Prototype || 1 || Role dropped.|-| Westland PV.7 || UK || || 1933 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Westland Witch || UK || || 1928 || Prototype || 1 || |-| Westland Wyvern || 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 || Japan || || 1933 || Out of service || 129 || |-| Yokosuka B4Y Jean || Japan || || 1935 || Out of service || 205 || |-| Yokosuka P1Y Frances || Japan || || 1943 || Out of service || 1,102 || |}

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  1. Web site: Bloch MB-175 - avion de bombardement léger - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1998-05-27 . 2018-08-26.
  2. Web site: Bloch MB-480 - Bloch 480 - Hydravion de reconnaissance - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-07-29 . 2018-08-26.
  3. Web site: Borel Odier BO-T - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2016-11-08 . 2018-08-26.
  4. Web site: Dewoitine D-750 - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-02-18 . 2018-08-26.
  5. Web site: Farman F-165 - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1999-06-26 . 2018-08-26.
  6. Web site: Farman F-167 - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1999-06-26 . 2018-08-26.
  7. Web site: Farman F-168 - Hydravion de bombardement - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2018-08-26.
  8. Web site: Farman F-268 - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1999-06-26 . 2018-08-26.
  9. Web site: Farman F-270 - Hydravion de bombardement - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1999-05-30 . 2018-08-26.
  10. Web site: Farman F-271 - Hydravion de bombardement - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1999-01-01 . 2018-08-26.
  11. http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-368-aviation-france-6617.htm Farman F-368 Hydravion de torpillage
  12. Halbritter, Francisco (2004). Historia de la industria aeronáutica argentina. Volume 1. Asociación Amigos de la Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica, 2004. .
  13. Web site: Latécoère 290 - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1998-02-22 . 2018-08-26.
  14. Web site: Latécoère 298A - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1998-11-18 . 2018-08-26.
  15. Web site: Latécoère 299 - avion de reconnaissance - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2018-08-26.
  16. Web site: Latécoère 302 - Hydravion de reconnaissance - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1998-02-22 . 2018-08-26.
  17. Web site: Latécoère 440 - Hydravion de bombardement - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2017-10-01 . 2018-08-26.
  18. Web site: Latécoère 55.0 - Latécoère 550 - Hydravion de bombardement - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 1998-02-22 . 2018-08-26.
  19. Web site: Levasseur PL 2 - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-06 . 2018-08-26.
  20. Web site: Levasseur PL 7 - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-12 . 2018-08-26.
  21. Web site: Levasseur PL 7 18m - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-12 . 2018-08-26.
  22. Web site: Levasseur PL 7 16m50 - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-12 . 2018-08-26.
  23. Web site: Levasseur PL 14 - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-16 . 2018-08-26.
  24. Web site: Levasseur PL 15 - Hydravion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-16 . 2018-08-26.
  25. Web site: Levasseur PL 107 - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-29 . 2018-08-26.
  26. Web site: Levasseur PL 108 - avion de torpillage - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2001-12-29 . 2018-08-26.