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Torpedo bomber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A torpedo bomber is a bomber aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes, but they could also carry out conventional bombings. Torpedo bombers existed almost exclusively prior ...
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While the Douglas Devastator had been "state of the art" when it was introduced in 1935, by 1939, the US Navy determined that it needed a more potent torpedo bomber, one with greater range, larger payload, faster speed, and tougher resistance to battle damage.
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TBF Avenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) was a torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by se...
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When the U.S. Navy placed a contract with Douglas Aircraft Co. ... When the U.S. Navy placed a contract with Douglas Aircraft Co. for the development of the TBD torpedo bomber in 1934, a new era in naval aviation began. Biplanes on carrier decks would soon be consigned to history.
www.boeing.com/history/mdc/tbd.htm
World War 2 Torpedo Bomber Aircraft; Quite possibly the single-most feared type of carrier-based aircraft during the war. ... The Bristol Beaufort enjoyed a strong run between the war years of 1940-1943 as the primary British torpedo bomber in service. Designed as the successor to the aged biplane Vildebeest design by...
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Grumman TBF / GM Eastern Aircraft TBM Avenger. Carrier based torpedo bomber aircraft, specifications, development, armament and history ... Designed to replace the aging Douglas Devastator Torpedo bomber of the mid 1930's the Avenger was the 1st non fighter aircraft designed by Grumman for the Navy.
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The Nakajima B5N1 and B5N2 carrier based Torpedo Bomber (Kate), specifications, armament, history ... The Nakajima B5N1 carrier based Torpedo Bomber (Kate) was designed in 1935 by a Nakajima design team under the supervision of Katsuji Nakamura and went into production as the Navy Type 97 Model 1 attack bomber in 1937.
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Fairey swordfish - British shipborne torpedo-bomber ... Photographs by Gordon Bain - from 'Silvered Wings' (Airlife Publishing); Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger - US shipborne torpedo-bomber ... The Story of the Torpedo Bomber - a book by Peter C. Smith...
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; Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 15 operating from USS Essex, July 1944 ... Nakajima B5N - Japanese torpedo-bomber ... Douglas SBD Dauntless - US carrier-borne dive-bomber...
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1 U.S. Naval Air Station Wildwood, New Jersey, is a rare extant example of the U.S. Navy's leading torpedo bomber. ... The Grumman Avenger, or Torpedo Bomber F (TBF), with F being the Navy's designated letter for the Grumman factory, was replaced by General Motors Avenger TBM, with M being the Navy's designated letter for...
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