The Grumman TB2F was a cancelled twin-engined
torpedo bomber
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 ...
project, intended as Grumman's successor to the successful
TBF Avenger
The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval a ...
. However, only a mockup was ever constructed.
In
1944
Events
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January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...
, during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, the
''Midway'' class aircraft carriers were being built, and Grumman attempted to design a new torpedo bomber to accompany those carriers. However, it was soon decided that, among other difficulties, it would be impractical to efficiently deploy twin-engined aircraft of this size from an aircraft carrier, and the plans were shelved.
Specifications
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Johnson, E.R. (2008). American Attack Aircraft Since 1926. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. .
* Pelletier, Alain J. "A Tracker Before Its Time?: Grumman's Heavyweight XTB2F-1". ''
Air Enthusiast
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'', No. 98, March/April 2002. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 48–53.
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Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States
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