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The Martin T4M was an American torpedo bomber of the 1920s. A development by the Glenn L. Martin Company of their earlier Martin T3M, and, like it a single-engined biplane, the T4M served as the standard torpedo bomber aboard the aircraft carriers of the United States Navy through much of the 1930s.
A Fairey Swordfish carrying a dummy torpedo. 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 of a torpedo, and remained an important aircraft type until they were rendered obsolete by anti-ship missiles.
A TBF-1 dropping a torpedo TBM-3Ds of VT(N)-90 January 1945 Six U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea US Navy TBMs (foreground) and SB2C Helldivers drop bombs on Hakodate in July 1945 A TBM-3R COD plane in the early 1950s TBM-3W TBF Avenger Torpedo ...
The specification was issued to two aircraft producers, Fieseler and Arado, and demanded an all-metal biplane with a maximum speed of at least 300 km/h (186 mph), a range of at least 1,000 km (631 mi) and capable both of torpedo and dive-bombing. [1] By mid-1938 the Fieseler design proved to be superior to the Arado design, the Ar 195. [2]
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 TBD Devastator , however, in addition to having instability problems [ 1 ] and only a single ...
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 the Wright R-3350 radial engine were cancelled in late 1942, leaving only the pair using the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial.
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.
The Fokker T.VIII is a twin-engined torpedo bomber and aerial reconnaissance floatplane designed and manufactured by the Dutch aviation company Fokker.. It was developed in the late 1930s as a successor to the Fokker T.IV.