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As a tail gunner in a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, Guggenheim flew several missions off the aircraft carrier Nehenta Bay during the battle of Okinawa, firing his .50-caliber gun at radar installations and ammo dumps on kamikaze bases in the Sakashima Islands.
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Rinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum.
—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021
Esper planned to lay a wreath at the site off Palau's coast where a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber crashed on July 27, 1944.
—Robert Burns, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
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Rinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum.
—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021
Esper planned to lay a wreath at the site off Palau's coast where a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber crashed on July 27, 1944.
—Robert Burns, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpedo bomber
Noun
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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Among the more popular is the Vampire drone, a heavy bomber with six rotors, which can be redeemed for 43 points.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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This refers to the 2015 incident in which a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber which had violated its airspace for 17 seconds in the first time a NATO member had downed a Russian warplane since the Korean War.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.—
Made by History,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2025
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By 2019, those Essex F-35Bs flew twice as much as its predecessor, the AV-8B Harrier jump jet, had on previous deployments.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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One thing that Anadolu has that the America class does not is a ski ramp, a holdover from Juan Carlos and the need to support Spain’s fleet of Harrier jump jets.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
19 Apr. 2023
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In addition to private boats, several seaplane and ferry routes to the island throughout the summer.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Visitors arrive via ferry or seaplane and explore this wilderness, which is almost entirely backcountry, on foot or via paddle.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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Poland, Estonia and Romania — countries on Europe’s northern and eastern flank and close to Russia — have all reported airspace incursions involving either Russian jets or drones recently.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Russia refers to that family of drones as the Gerans, newer versions of which are jet powered.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths are key inputs in weapons platforms such as the F-35 warplane as well as consumer products like electric vehicles and smartphones.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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This refers to the 2015 incident in which a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber which had violated its airspace for 17 seconds in the first time a NATO member had downed a Russian warplane since the Korean War.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Torpedo bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo%20bomber. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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