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.
Type | Country | Class | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
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AD Seaplane Type 1000 | UK | 1916 | Prototype | 2 | [1] | |
Aeromarine 700 | US | 1917 | Prototype | 2 | [2] | |
Aichi AB-8 | Japan | 1933 | Prototype | 1 | [3] | |
Aichi B7A Grace | Japan | 1942 | Out of service | 114 | [4] | |
Albatros W.3 | Germany | 1916 | Prototype | 1 | [5] | |
Albatros W.5 | Germany | 1916 | Out of service | 5 | [5] | |
Arado Ar 95 | Germany | 1936 | Out of service | 42 | [6] | |
Arado Ar 195 | Germany | 1937 | Out of service | 3 | [6] | |
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 | UK | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [7] | |
Avro 557 Ava | UK | 1924 | Prototype | 2 | [8] | |
Avro 571 Buffalo | UK | 1926 | Prototype | 1 | [9] | |
Beardmore W.B.VI | UK | N/A | Design only | 0 | [10] | |
Blackburn B-3 | UK | 1932 | Prototype | 2 | [11] | |
Blackburn B-7 | UK | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [12] | |
Blackburn Baffin | UK | 1932 | Out of service | 97 | [13] | |
Blackburn Beagle | UK | 1928 | Prototype | 1 | [14] | |
Blackburn Blackburd | UK | 1918 | Prototype | 3 | [15] | |
Blackburn Botha | UK | 1938 | Out of service | 580 | [16] | |
Blackburn Cubaroo | UK | 1924 | Prototype | 2 | [17] | |
Blackburn Dart | UK | 1921 | Out of service | 118 | [18] | |
Blackburn Firebrand | UK | 1942 | Out of service | 220 | [19] | |
Blackburn Firecrest | UK | 1947 | Prototype | 3 | [20] | |
Blackburn G.P. | UK | 1916 | Prototype | 2 | [21] | |
Blackburn Kangaroo | UK | 1918 | Out of service | 20 | [22] | |
Blackburn Ripon | UK | 1926 | Out of service | 96 | [13] | |
Blackburn Shark | UK | 1933 | Out of service | 269 | [13] | |
Blackburn Swift | UK | 1921 | Prototype | 1 | [23] | |
Blackburn Velos | UK | 1925 | Out of service | 16 | [24] | |
Bloch MB.175T | France | 1939 | Out of service | 80 | [25] | |
Bloch MB.480 | France | 1939 | Prototype | 2 | [26] | |
Blohm & Voss Ha 140 | Germany | 1937 | Prototype | 3 | [6] | |
Boeing TB | US | 1927 | Prototype | 3 | [27] | |
Boeing XF8B | US | 1944 | Prototype | 3 | Secondary torpedo bomber role. [28] | |
Borel-Odier Bo-T | France | 1916 | Out of service | 91 ordered, not all built [29] | ||
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer | US | 1941 | Out of service | 771 | [30] | |
Bristol Beaufort | UK | 1938 | Out of service | 2,129 | [31] | |
Bristol Beaufighter | UK | 1939 | Out of service | 5,928 | Some variants only. [31] | |
Bristol Brigand | UK | 1944 | Out of service | 147 | [32] | |
CAC Woomera | Australia | 1941 | Prototype | 2 | [33] | |
CANT Z.506B | Italy | 1935 | Out of service | 324 | [34] | |
CANT Z.1007 | Italy | 1937 | Out of service | 660 | [35] | |
Caproni Ca.3 | Italy | 1916 | Out of service | 250-300 | [36] | |
Caproni Ca.124 | Italy | 1937 | Prototype | 1 | [37] | |
Caproni Ca 314-RA | Italy | 1940 | Out of service | 14 | [38] | |
Caproni Ca.316 | Italy | 1940 | Out of service | 14 | [39] | |
Consolidated PBY Catalina | US | 1935 | Out of service | 3,305 | [40] | |
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado | US | 1937 | Out of service | 217 | [41] | |
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer | US | 1943 | Out of service | 739 | [42] | |
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf | US | 1941 | Out of service | 180 | [43] | |
Curtiss CS/ Martin T2M | US | 1923 | Out of service | 83 | [44] | |
Curtiss CT | US | 1921 | Prototype | 1 | [45] | |
Curtiss R-3, R-6 & R-9 | US | 1915 | Out of service | 312 | [46] | |
Curtiss XBTC | US | 1945 | Prototype | 2 | [47] | |
Curtiss XBT2C | US | 1945 | Prototype | 9 | [47] | |
De Havilland Mosquito | UK | 1940 | Out of service | 7,781 | Number includes all types. [48] | |
Dewoitine D.750 | France | 1940 | Prototype | 1 | [49] | |
Dornier Do D | Germany | 1924 | Out of service | 29 | [50] | |
Dornier Do 22 | Germany | 1938 | Out of service | 28 | [6] | |
Dornier Do 217 | Germany | 1938 | Experiments only. [51] | |||
Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston | US | 1939 | Out of service | 7,478 | [52] | |
Douglas BTD Destroyer | US | 1943 | Out of service | 30 | [53] | |
Douglas BT2D | US | 1945 | Prototype | 1 | [54] | |
Douglas DT | US | 1921 | Out of service | 90 | [55] | |
Douglas T2D | US | 1927 | Out of service | 31 | [56] | |
Douglas XT3D | US | 1931 | Prototype | 1 | [57] | |
Douglas TBD Devastator | US | 1935 | Out of service | 130 | [52] | |
Douglas TB2D Skypirate | US | 1945 | Prototype | 2 | [58] | |
Fairey Albacore | UK | 1938 | Out of service | 800 | [31] | |
Fairey Barracuda | UK | 1940 | Out of service | 2,572 | [59] | |
Fairey G.4/31 | UK | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [60] | |
Fairey Spearfish | UK | 1945 | Prototype | 5 | [61] | |
Fairey Swordfish | UK | 1934 | Out of service | 2,391 | [31] | |
Farman F.165 | France | 1927 | Out of service | 40 | [62] | |
Farman F.167 | France | 1928 | Prototype | 1 | [63] | |
Farman F.168 | France | 1928 | Out of service | 200 | [64] | |
Farman F.268 | France | 1932 | Conversion | 1 | Converted F.168. [65] | |
Farman F.270 & 271 | France | 1933 | Prototype | 1 | [66] [67] | |
Farman F.368 | France | 1932 | Conversion | 1 | Converted F.168. [68] | |
Fiat G.55S torpedo fighter | Italy | 1944 | Prototype | 1 | [69] | |
Fiat RS.14B | Italy | 1939 | Out of service | 188 | [70] | |
Fieseler Fi 167 | Germany | 1938 | Out of service | 14 | [6] | |
FMA IA-58 Pucará | Argentina | 1969 | Prototype | 1 | Prototype tested during Falklands War. [71] | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A5/U14 | Germany | 1943 | Prototype | 1 | [72] | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A5/U14, F8/U2 and F8/U3 | Germany | 1944 | Prototype | 5 | [73] | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 | Germany | Out of service | [51] | |||
Fokker T.II/FT | Netherlands | 1921 | Prototype | 1 | [74] | |
Fokker T.III | Netherlands | 1922 | Out of service | 5 | [74] | |
Fokker T.IV & IVa | Netherlands | 1927 | Out of service | 42 | [75] | |
Fokker T.VIII-W, -WM, -WC & -L | Netherlands | 1938 | Out of service | 49 | [76] | |
Friedrichshafen FF.35 | Germany | 1916 | Prototype | 1 | [5] | |
Friedrichshafen FF.41A | Germany | 1917 | Out of service | 9 | [5] | |
Friedrichshafen FF.53 | Germany | 1918 | Out of service | 3 | [5] | |
Gloster Goring | UK | 1927 | Prototype | 1 | [77] | |
Gloster TSR.38 | UK | 1932 | Prototype | 1 | [78] | |
Gotha WD.11 | Germany | 1916 | Out of service | 12 | [5] | |
Gotha WD.14 | Germany | 1916 | Out of service | 69 | [5] | |
Great Lakes XTBG | US | 1935 | Prototype | 1 | [79] | |
Grumman AF Guardian | US | 1945 | Out of service | 389 | [54] | |
Grumman TBF Avenger | US | 1941 | Out of service | 9,839 | [52] | |
Grumman XTB2F | US | N/A | Design only | 0 | [80] | |
Grumman XTSF | US | N/A | Design only | 0 | [81] | |
Hall XPTBH | US | 1937 | Prototype | 1 | [82] | |
Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow | UK | 1926 | Prototype | 2 | [83] | |
Handley Page H.P.46 | UK | 1932 | Prototype | 1 | [84] | |
Handley Page H.P.47 | UK | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [85] | |
Handley Page Hampden | UK | 1936 | Out of service | 1,430 | Later role [31] | |
Handley Page Hanley | UK | 1922 | Prototype | 3 | [86] | |
Handley Page Hare | UK | 1928 | Prototype | 1 | [87] | |
Handley Page Hendon | UK | 1924 | Out of service | 6 | [88] | |
Hansa-Brandenburg GW | Germany | 1916 | Out of service | c. 20 | [5] | |
Hansa-Brandenburg GDW | Germany | 1916 | Prototype | 1 | [5] | |
Hawker Dantorp | UK | 1932 | Prototype | 2 | [89] | |
Hawker Harrier | UK | 1927 | Prototype | 1 | [87] | |
Hawker Horsley | UK | 1925 | Out of service | 122 | [90] | |
Heinkel HE 7 | Germany | 1927 | Prototype | 1 | [46] | |
Heinkel HD 14 | Germany | 1924 | Prototype | 1 | [46] | |
Heinkel HD 16 | Germany | 1928 | Out of service | 2 | [91] | |
Heinkel He 59 | Germany | 1931 | Out of service | 142 | [91] | |
Heinkel He 111 J and H-5/6 | Germany | 1935 | Out of service | 6,508 | Number includes all types. [92] | |
Heinkel He 115 | Germany | 1937 | Out of service | 138 | [6] | |
Heinkel He 177 A-3/R7 | Germany | 1939 | Out of service | 1,169 | [51] | |
Ilyushin DB-3T/Il-4T | USSR | 1938 | Out of service | [52] | ||
Ilyushin Il-2T | USSR | Out of service | [93] | |||
Ilyushin Il-28T | USSR | 1948 | Out of service | 6,731 | Number includes all types. [94] | |
Junkers G 24/See/G 24g1e | Germany | Experimental | 1 | [46] | ||
Junkers JuG-1 | Germany | 1924 | Out of service | 23 | [46] | |
Junkers Ju 86K T.3 | Germany | 1936 | Out of service | 16 | Swedish examples only. [95] | |
Junkers Ju 87 C and D-4 | Germany | Prototype | Experimental only. [51] | |||
Junkers Ju 88 A-4/Torp and A/17 | Germany | Prototype | [92] | |||
Junkers Ju 188 | Germany | Out of service | [92] | |||
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK | US | 1945 | Prototype | 5 | [96] | |
Kawanishi H6K Mavis | Japan | 1936 | Out of service | 215 | [97] | |
Kawanishi H8K Emily | Japan | 1941 | Out of service | 167 | [98] | |
KEA L.33 Xelóna | Greece | 1938 | Out of service | 2 | ||
Latécoère 290 series | France | 1931 | Out of service | 35 | [99] | |
Latécoère 298 | France | 1936 | Out of service | 121 | [31] [100] | |
Latécoère 299 | France | 1939 | Prototype | 2 | [101] | |
Latécoère 302 | France | 1931 | Prototype | 3 | [102] | |
Latécoère 440 | France | 1931 | Prototype | 2 | [103] | |
Latécoère 550 | France | 1933 | Prototype | 1 | [104] | |
Latécoère 582 | France | 1935 | Prototype | 1 | [105] | |
Levasseur PL.2 | France | 1922 | Out of service | 11 | [106] | |
Levasseur PL.7 | France | 1928 | Out of service | 46 | [107] [108] [109] | |
Levasseur PL.14 | France | 1929 | Out of service | 30 | [110] | |
Levasseur PL.15 | France | 1932 | Out of service | 17 | [111] | |
Levasseur PL.107 & 108 | France | 1937 | Out of service | 3 | [112] [113] | |
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258 | France | 1928 | Out of service | 87 | [114] | |
Loire-Nieuport 10 | France | 1939 | Prototype | 1 | [115] | |
Lockheed Ventura | US | 1940 | Out of service | 2,475 | [116] | |
Lockheed Harpoon | US | 1943 | Out of service | 535 | [117] | |
Lublin R-XX | Poland | 1935 | Prototype | 1 | [118] | |
LWS-5 | Poland | N/A | Design only | 0 | [119] | |
Martin AM Mauler | US | 1944 | Out of service | 151 | [120] | |
Martin B-26 Marauder | US | 1940 | Out of service | 5,288 | Number includes all types. [121] | |
Martin BM | US | 1930 | Out of service | 32 | [122] | |
Martin MBT/MT | US | 1918 | Out of service | 20 | [46] | |
Martin P4M Mercator | US | 1946 | Out of service | 21 | [123] | |
Martin P5M Marlin | US | 1948 | Out of service | 285 | [124] | |
Martin PBM Mariner | US | 1939 | Out of service | 1,285 | [125] | |
Martin T2M (SC) | US | 1923 | Out of service | 75 | [126] | |
Martin T3M | US | 1926 | Out of service | 124 | [127] | |
Martin T4M | US | 1927 | Out of service | 155 | [128] | |
Martin XT6M | US | 1930 | Prototype | 1 | [129] | |
Messerschmitt Me 410 B-5 | Germany | 1944 | Prototype | 1 | Experiment only. [51] | |
Mitsubishi 1MT | Japan | 1922 | Out of service | 20 | [130] | |
Mitsubishi 3MT5 | Japan | 1932 | Prototype | 11 | [131] | |
Mitsubishi 3MT10 | Japan | 1932 | Prototype | 1 | [132] | |
Mitsubishi B1M | Japan | 1923 | Out of service | 443 | [133] | |
Mitsubishi B2M | Japan | 1929 | Out of service | 206 | [134] | |
Mitsubishi B4M | Japan | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [135] | |
Mitsubishi B5M Mabel | Japan | 1937 | Out of service | 125 | [136] | |
Mitsubishi G3M Nell | Japan | 1935 | Out of service | 1,048 | [137] | |
Mitsubishi G4M Betty | Japan | 1939 | Out of service | 2,435 | [138] | |
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Peggy | Japan | 1942 | Out of service | 767 | [139] | |
Nakajima B3N | Japan | 1933 | Prototype | 2 | [140] | |
Nakajima B4N | Japan | 1936 | Prototype | 2 | [141] | |
Nakajima B5N Kate | Japan | 1937 | Out of service | c. 1,150 | [142] | |
Nakajima B6N Jill | Japan | 1941 | Out of service | 1,268 | [143] | |
North American B-25 Mitchell | US | 1940 | 9,984 | Some variants only. [144] | ||
Northrop N-3PB | US | 1940 | Out of service | 24 | [145] | |
Parnall G.4/31 | UK | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [146] | |
Piaggio P.108 | Italy | 1939 | Out of service | 24 | Secondary role [147] | |
PZL 18 | Poland | N/A | Design only | 0 | [148] | |
Reggiane Re.2001G/H torpedo fighter | Italy | Variant | 1940 | Out of service | 2 | [149] |
Reggiane Re.2002 torpedo fighter | Italy | 1940 | Prototype | 1 | For trials. [150] | |
RWD 22 | Poland | N/A | Design only | 0 | [151] | |
SAAB T 18B | Sweden | 1942 | Out of service | 52 | Torpedo bomber used for ground attack. [33] | |
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 | Italy | 1924 | Out of service | 212 | [152] | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero | Italy | 1934 | Out of service | 1,350 | [31] [153] | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 | Italy | 1934 | Out of service | 535 | For trials. [154] | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 | Italy | 1940 | Out of service | 309 | [155] | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 | Italy | 1944 | Prototype | 1 | [156] | |
Short Shirl | UK | 1918 | Prototype | 4 | [157] | |
Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3 | UK | 1946 | Prototype | 4 | [158] | |
Short Type 81 | UK | 1913 | Out of service | 9 | [159] | |
Short Type 166 | UK | 1916 | Out of service | 26 | [160] | |
Short Type 184 | UK | 1915 | Out of service | 936 | First torpedo bomber to sink a ship. [5] | |
Short Type 310/320 | UK | 1916 | Out of service | 127 | [5] | |
SNCAC NC.4-10 | France | 1939 | Prototype | 1 | [161] | |
SNCAC NC.1070 | France | 1947 | Prototype | 1 | [162] | |
SNCAO CAO.600 | France | 1940 | Prototype | 1 | [163] | |
Sopwith Cuckoo | UK | 1917 | Out of service | 232 | First purpose-built carrier-based torpedo bomber. [5] | |
Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type C | UK | 1914 | Prototype | 1 | [164] | |
Sopwith Type 860 | UK | 1914 | Out of service | 22 | [165] | |
Stout ST | US | 1922 | Prototype | 3 | [166] | |
Supermarine Nanok | UK | 1927 | Prototype | 1 | [167] | |
Supermarine Type 322 | UK | 1943 | Prototype | 2 | [168] | |
Tupolev ANT-7 (MR-6) | USSR | 1930 | Out of service | 411 | Number includes all variants. [169] | |
Tupolev ANT-22 | USSR | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [169] | |
Tupolev ANT-41 (T-1) | USSR | 1936 | Prototype | 1 | [170] | |
KR-6T | USSR | Prototype | 1 | [31] | ||
Tupolev TB-1 | USSR | 1925 | Out of service | 218 | [31] | |
Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T) | USSR | Out of service | [171] | |||
Tupolev Tu-14 | USSR | 1949 | Out of service | 89 | [172] | |
Tupolev Tu-91 | USSR | 1955 | Prototype | 1 | [173] | |
Vickers Type 207 | UK | 1933 | Prototype | 1 | [174] | |
Vickers Type 253 | UK | 1934 | Prototype | 1 | [175] | |
Vickers Vildebeest | UK | 1928 | Out of service | 209 | [31] | |
Vickers Vimy | UK | 1918 | Out of service | 1 | Trials. [176] | |
Vickers Wellesley | UK | 1935 | Out of service | 177 | Role dropped following drop tests. [177] | |
Vickers Wellington | UK | 1936 | Out of service | 11,461 | Number includes all types. [31] | |
Westland PV-3 | UK | 1931 | Prototype | 1 | Role dropped. [178] | |
Westland PV.7 | UK | 1933 | Prototype | 1 | [179] | |
Westland Witch | UK | 1928 | Prototype | 1 | [180] | |
Westland Wyvern | UK | 1946 | Out of service | 127 | [181] | |
Wight Twin | UK | 1915 | Out of service | 4 | [182] | |
Yokosuka experimental twin-engined seaplane | Japan | 1916 | Experimental | 1 | [183] | |
Yokosuka B3Y | Japan | 1933 | Out of service | 129 | [184] [185] | |
Yokosuka B4Y Jean | Japan | 1935 | Out of service | 205 | [186] | |
Yokosuka P1Y Frances | Japan | 1943 | Out of service | 1,102 | [187] |