- torpedo bomber
- noun Date: 1930 a military airplane designed to carry torpedoes — called also torpedo plane
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torpedo bomber
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Torpedo bomber — A torpedo bomber is a bomber aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with torpedoes, but they could also carry out conventional bombings. Torpedo bombers existed almost exclusively prior to and during WWII, when they were an important player… … Wikipedia
torpedo bomber — noun also torpedo plane : a military airplane designed to carry torpedoes … Useful english dictionary
torpedo bomber — ship that launches torpedoes … English contemporary dictionary
Bomber (disambiguation) — Bomber commonly refers to: * Bomber, a military aircraft that delivers bombs or other explosives: ** Light bomber, Medium bomber, Heavy bomber ** Strategic bomber, Tactical bomber ** Dive bomber, Torpedo bomberBomber may also refer to: * Bomber… … Wikipedia
Torpedo — The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo) is a self propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to… … Wikipedia
Bomber — For other uses, see Bomber (disambiguation). The B 17 Flying Fortress is a heavy bomber from World War II. A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, or – in recent years – by… … Wikipedia
torpedo plane — ▪ military weaponry also called torpedo bomber aircraft designed to launch torpedoes (torpedo). In about 1910 the navies of several countries began to experiment with torpedo launching from low flying aircraft, usually seaplanes. The… … Universalium
torpedo plane — noun see torpedo bomber * * * torpedo plane, an airplane for carrying and releasing self propelled torpedoes … Useful english dictionary
torpedo plane — noun see torpedo bomber … New Collegiate Dictionary
bomber — omber n. 1. a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
