The Navy then ordered 286 torpedo bombers in December 1940. Designed by Leroy Grumman—founder of the company and an aerospace engineer—the prototype was the XTBF-1, first flown in August 1941.

The Navy torpedo bomber rested on the sandy bottom off Palau's coast, its fuselage broken from anti-aircraft fire amid heavy fighting of World War II. About Us Membership ...

The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...

Its bomb bay doors still open, a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber swings low to send its cargo of destruction over Tonolei Harbor, Japanese base on Bougainville Island in the central Solomons, Oct ...

A 1945 torpedo bomber is being restored near the Grand Junction Airport, at the Rocky Mountain Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF).

The wreck of a US warship sunk in a World War II battle dubbed one of the bravest ever stands by a US Navy vessel has been found in the depths of the Pacific, US and Australian officials announced ...