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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.
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.
Despite the loss of five of the six Avengers on its combat debut, it survived in service to become the most effective submarine killer [2] [better source needed] and most widely-used torpedo bomber of World War II, sharing credit for sinking the super-battleships Yamato and Musashi and being credited for sinking 30 submarines. Greatly modified ...
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.
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 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, being the first metal monoplane in the United States Navy; [1] however, by the time of the US entry into World War 2, the TBD was already outdated.
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 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]