The torpedo bombers that might have been

[bustr]

Lest we forget the real monster of em all.....

Douglas TB2D Skypirate

General characteristics
Crew: three
Length: 46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
Wingspan: 70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Height: 22 ft 7 in (6.88)
Wing area: 605 ft² (56.2 m²)
Empty weight: 18,405 lb (8,348 kg)
Loaded weight: 28,545 lb (12,948 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 34,760 lb (15,767 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-8 Wasp Major radial engine, 3,000 hp (2,238 kW)

Performance
Maximum speed: 340 mph (296 kn, 546 km/h)
Cruise speed: 168 mph (146 kn, 270 km/h)
Range: 1,250 mi (1,087 nmi, 2,013 km)
Service ceiling: 24,500 ft (7,450 m)
Rate of climb: 1,390 ft/min (7.2 m/s)

Armament

Guns:
4 × wing mounted .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns in dorsal turret
1 × .50 in machine gun in ventral bath

Bombs: Up to 8,400 lb (3,810 kg) of bombs or four torpedoes

[Brooke]

Lest we forget the real monster of em all.....

Wow!  It is a monster!

Looks like it had ailerons that could deploy as flaps as well.
First flight 1945.

[GScholz]

That monster is so big it probably would have been better off with two engines.

[Brooke]

That monster is so big it probably would have been better off with two engines.

In a way, it does have two engines -- two Pratt & Whitney Double Wasps (double row) spliced together to make the P & W Wasp Major (quadruple row).

It has about the same wingspan as a B-26.

As a torpedo-bomber pilot in scenarios, I salivate over this TB2D. 

[Karnak]

B7A2 'Grace', A6M5 level performance and actually fought, though in limited numbers.  Also only a single torpedo.



Japan had no carriers left by the time it entered service so even though equipped for CV ops it never flew from one.

[bozon]

and of course De Havilland also made a navalized torpedo bomber Mosquito (TR.33) just because he could. There was still one combat role that the mosquito did not do... so it did.






post war, about 50 built.