| 41. | Fourteen B5N " Kate " torpedo bombers were assigned to the ship for the operation.
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| 42. | It was intended as a backup for the Nakajima B5N " Kate " torpedo bomber.
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| 43. | East of Dover, a flight of six Swordfish torpedo bombers attacked the ships without result.
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| 44. | This operation incapacitated three of the six battleships at a cost of two torpedo bombers.
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| 45. | The Fleet Air Arm ( FAA ) contributed one squadron of Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers.
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| 46. | It was used by the Fleet Air Arm as a torpedo bomber from 1930 until 1935.
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| 47. | The aircraft consisted of TBF Avenger torpedo bombers.
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| 48. | The daring Italian pilots however lost 14 torpedo bombers and another 46 were damaged in action.
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| 49. | Torpedo bombers came into existence just before the Taranto and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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| 50. | Both types of torpedo bombers suffered heavy casualties.
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