List of bomber aircraft

Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles. There are bound to be some overlap in roles and designs and some multirole combat aircraft could appear in more than one list. There are separate lists of fighter aircraft, ground attack aircraft and trainers. This list does not include fictional aircraft.

|| AEG G.I || Germany || || bomber || 1915 || Retired || ||

|| AEG G.II || Germany || || bomber || 1915 || Retired || ca. ||

|| AEG G.III || Germany || || bomber || 1915 || Retired || ||

|| AEG G.IV || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1916 || Retired || ||

|| AEG G.V || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1918 || Retired || ||

|| AEG N.I || Germany || || Night bomber || 1918 || Retired || ||

|| AEG R.I || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1916 || Prototype || ||

|| Aermacchi MB-339 || Italy || Jet || trainer/attack || 1976 || Operational || + ||

|| Aero A.100 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Aero A.101 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1934 || Retired || ||

|| Aero A.11 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1925 || Retired || ||

|| Aero A.12 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1923 || Retired || ||

|| Aero A.24 || Czechoslovakia || || Bomber || 1924 || Prototype || ||

|| Aero A.30 || Czechoslovakia || || Light bomber || 1927 || Retired || ||

|| Aero A.304 || Czechoslovakia || || Bomber || 1937 || Retired || ||

|| Aero A.42 || Czechoslovakia || || Bomber || 1929 || Prototype || ||

|| Aichi B7A || Japan || || Torpedo/dive bomber || 1942 || Retired || ||

|| Aichi D1A || Japan || || Dive bomber || 1934 || Retired || ||

|| Aichi D3A || Japan || || Dive bomber || 1938 || Retired || ||

|| Aichi M6A || Japan || || Torpedo bomber || 1943 || Retired || ||

|| Airco DH.10 Amiens || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1918 || Retired || ||

|| Airco DH.11 || UK || || Bomber || 1919 || Prototype || ||

|| Airco DH.3 || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1916 || Prototype || ||

|| Airco DH.4 || UK || || Bomber || 1916 || Retired || ||

|| Airco DH.9 || UK || || Bomber || 1917 || Retired || ||

|| Airco DH.9A || UK || || Bomber || 1918 || Retired || ||

|| Airspeed Oxford || UK || || Bomber/trainer || 1937 || Retired || ||

|| Albatros C.III || Germany || || Light bomber || 1915 || Retired || ||

|| Albatros C.VII/N.I || Germany || || Night bomber || 1916 || Retired || + ||

|| Albatros G.I || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1916 || Prototype || ||

|| Albatros G.II || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1916 || Prototype || ||

|| Albatros G.III || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1915 || Retired || ||

|| Amiot 143M || France || || Medium bomber || 1931 || Retired || ||

|| Amiot 354 || France || || Medium bomber || 1939 || Retired || ca. || ANBO VIII

|| ANBO VIII || Lithuania || || Light bomber || 1939 || Prototype || ||

|| ANF Les Mureaux 110 || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1931 || Retired || ||

|| Arado Ar 234 || Germany || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1943 || Retired || ||

|| Archangelski Ar-2 || USSR || || Dive bomber || 1940 || Retired || ||

|| Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 || UK || || Multi-role bomber || 1934 || Prototype || ||

|| Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle || UK || || Bomber/transport || 1940 || Retired || ||

|| Armstrong Whitworth Atlas || UK || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1925 || Retired || ||

|| Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1935 || Prototype || ||

|| Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 || UK || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1916 || Retired || ||

|| Armstrong Whitworth Whitley || UK || || Bomber/maritime patrol || 1936 || Retired || ||

|| Avro 504 || UK || || Bomber/trainer/fighter || 1913 || Retired || ||

|| Avro 523 Pike || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1916 || Prototype || ||

|| Avro 529 || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1917 || Prototype || ||

|| Avro 533 Manchester || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1918 || Prototype || ||

|| Avro 549 Aldershot || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1921 || Retired || ||

|| Avro 604 Antelope || UK || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1928 || Prototype || ||

|| Avro Anson || UK || || Maritime patrol || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Avro Lancaster || UK || || Heavy bomber/maritime patrol || 1941 || Retired || ||

|| Avro Lincoln || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1944 || Retired || ||

|| Avro Manchester || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1939 || Retired || ||

|| Avro Shackleton || UK || || Maritime patrol || 1949 || Retired || ||

|| Avro Vulcan || UK || Jet || Heavy bomber || 1952 || Retired || ||

|| BAC TSR-2 || UK || Jet || Reconnaissance bomber || 1964 || Prototype || ||

|| Beardmore W.B.1 || UK || || Bomber || 1917 || Prototype || ||

|| Beardmore W.B.VI || UK || || Torpedo bomber || n/a || cancelled project || ||

|| Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly || US || || Attack || 1944 || Prototype || ||

|| Bellanca 77-140 || US || || Bomber || 1934 || Retired || ||

|| Beriev Be-10 || USSR || || Maritime patrol || 1956 || Retired || ||

|| Beriev Be-12 || USSR || || Maritime patrol || 1960 || Operational || ||

|| Beriev Be-4 || USSR || || Maritime patrol || 1940 || Retired || ||

|| Beriev Be-6 || USSR || || Maritime patrol || 1949 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn B-3 || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1932 || Prototype || ||

|| Blackburn B-48 Firecrest || UK || || Fighter bomber || 1947 || Prototype || ||

|| Blackburn B-7 || UK || || Dive bomber || 1934 || Prototype || ||

|| Blackburn Baffin || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1932 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Beagle || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1928 || Prototype || ||

|| Blackburn Blackburd || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1918 || Prototype || ||

|| Blackburn Botha || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1938 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Buccaneer || UK || || Attack || 1958 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Cubaroo || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1924 || Prototype || ||

|| Blackburn Dart || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1921 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Firebrand || UK || || Torpedo bomber/fighter || 1942 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Kangaroo || UK || || Maritime patrol/heavy bomber || 1918 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Perth || UK || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Ripon || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Shark || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Skua || UK || || Dive bomber || 1937 || Retired || ||

|| Blackburn Velos || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1925 || Retired || ||

|| Blériot 127 || France || || Heavy bomber || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| Bleriot XI || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1909 || Retired || + ||

|| Bloch MB.131 || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1936 || Retired || ||

|| Bloch MB.174 || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1939 || Retired || + ||

|| Bloch MB.200 || France || || Heavy bomber || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress || US || || Heavy bomber || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Boeing B-29 Superfortress || US || || Heavy bomber || 1942 || Retired || || Washington in UK service

|| Boeing B-47 Stratojet || US || Jet || Heavy bomber || 1947 || Retired || ||

|| Boeing B-50 Superfortress || US || || Heavy bomber || 1947 || Retired || ||

|| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress || US || Jet || Heavy bomber || 1952 || Operational || ||

|| Boeing XB-54 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1948 || Project || ||

|| Boeing Model 306 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1935 || Project || ||

|| Boeing P-8 Poseidon || US || Jet || Maritime patrol || 2009 || Operational || + ||

|| Boeing XB-15 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1937 || Prototype || ||

|| Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress || US || || Heavy bomber || 1943 || Prototype || ||

|| Boeing XB-39 Superfortress || US || || Heavy bomber || 1944 || Prototype || ||

|| Boeing XB-56 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1950 || Project || ||

|| Boeing XB-59 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1952 || Project || ||

|| Boeing XF8B || US || || Fighter bomber || 1944 || Prototype || ||

|| Boeing YB-9 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1931 || Retired || ||

|| Bolkhovitinov DB-A || USSR || || Heavy bomber || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Boulton & Paul Bolton || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1922 || Prototype || ||

|| Boulton & Paul Bugle || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1923 || Retired || ||

|| Boulton Paul Bodmin || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1924 || Prototype || ||

|| Boulton Paul Bourges || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1919 || Prototype || ||

|| Boulton Paul Overstrand || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Boulton Paul P.32 || UK || || Night bomber || 1931 || Prototype || ||

|| Boulton Paul Sidestrand || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| Breda A.14 || Italy || || Night bomber || 1928 || Prototype || ||

|| Breda A.8 || Italy || || Night bomber || 1927 || Prototype || ||

|| Breda Ba.46 || Italy || || Bomber/transport || 1934 || Prototype || ||

|| Breda Ba.64 || Italy || || Attack || 1934 || Retired || ||

|| Breda Ba.65 || Italy || || Attack || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Breda Ba.88 || Italy || || Attack || 1936 || Retired || ||

|| Breguet 14 || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1916 || Retired || ||

|| Breguet 16 || France || || Night bomber || 1918 || Retired || ca. ||

|| Breguet 19 || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1922 || Retired || + ||

|| Breguet 270 Series || France || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1929 || Retired || + ||

|| Bréguet 410 || France || || Bomber || 1931 || Prototype || ||

|| Bréguet 460 Vultur || France || || Bomber || 1935 || Prototype || ||

|| Breguet 693 || France || || Attack || 1938 || Retired || ||

|| Breguet Alizé || France || || Maritime patrol || 1956 || Retired || ||

|| Breguet Atlantique || France || || Maritime patrol || 1961 || Operational || ||

|| Breguet Bre.4 || France || || Bomber || 1914 || Retired || ca. ||

|| Breguet Bre.5 & 6 || France || || Bomber || 1915 || Retired || + ||

|| Breguet Taon || France || || Fighter bomber || 1957 || Prototype || ||

|| Breguet Vultur || France || || Attack || 1951 || Prototype || ||

|| Brewster SB2A Buccaneer || US || || Bomber || 1941 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol Beaufighter || UK || || Fighter bomber/torpedo bomber || 1939 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol Beaufort || UK || || Torpedo bomber || 1938 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol Berkeley || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1925 || Prototype || ||

|| Bristol Blenheim || UK || || Medium bomber || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol Bombay || UK || || Heavy bomber/transport || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol Braemar || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1918 || Prototype || ||

|| Bristol Buckingham || UK || || Medium bomber || 1943 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol TB.8 || UK || || Bomber || 1913 || Retired || ||

|| Bristol Type 148 || UK || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1937 || Prototype || ||

|| British Aerospace Harrier II || UK || || Attack || 1985 || Retired || ||

|| CAMS 33 || France || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1923 || Retired || ||

|| CAMS 37 || France || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| de Havilland Venom || UK || || Fighter bomber || 1949 || Retired || ||

|| Junkers K 47 || Germany || || Dive bomber || 1929 || Retired || ||

|| Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK || US || || Torpedo/dive bomber || 1945 || Prototype || ||

|| Kalinin K-7 || USSR || || Heavy bomber || 1933 || Prototype || ||

|| Kawanishi E7K || Japan || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Kawanishi H6K || Japan || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1936 || Retired || ||

|| Kawanishi H8K || Japan || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1941 || Retired || ||

|| Dornier Do N || Germany || || Bomber || 1928 || Retired || ||

|| Kawasaki Ki-102 || Japan || || Attack || 1944 || Retired || ||

|| Kawasaki Ki-3 || Japan || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| Kawasaki Ki-32 || Japan || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1937 || Retired || ||

|| Kawasaki Ki-48 || Japan || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1939 || Retired || ||

|| Kawasaki P-1 || Japan || || Maritime patrol || 2007 || Operational || ||

|| Kennedy Giant || UK || || Heavy bomber || 1917 || Prototype || ||

|| Keystone B-3 || US || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1929 || Retired || ||

|| Keystone B-4 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1930 || Retired || ||

|| Keystone B-5 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1929 || Retired || ||

|| Keystone B-6 || US || || Heavy bomber || 1931 || Retired || ||

|| Kharkov KhAI-5 || USSR || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1936 || Retired || + ||

|| Kyushu Q1W || Japan || || Maritime patrol || 1943 || Retired || ||

|| LACAB GR.8 || Belgium || || Heavy bomber || 1936 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 290 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1931 || Retired || ||

|| Latécoère 298 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1936 || Retired || ||

|| Latécoère 302 || France || || Torpedo bomber flying boat || 1931 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 381 || France || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1930 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 521 & 523 || France || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1935 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 550 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1933 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 570 || France || || Medium bomber || 1939 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 582 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1935 || Prototype || ||

|| Latécoère 611 || France || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1939 || Prototype || ||

|| Letov Š-16 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| Letov Š-28, 128, 228, 328, 428 & 528 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1929 || Retired || ||

|| Letov Š-33 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1930 || Prototype || ||

|| Letov Š-6 || Czechoslovakia || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1923 || Retired || ||

|| Levasseur PL.107 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1937 || Prototype || ||

|| Levasseur PL.14 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1929 || Retired || ||

|| Levasseur PL.15 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1932 || Retired || ||

|| Levasseur PL.2 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1922 || Retired || ||

|| Levasseur PL.7 || France || || Torpedo bomber || 1928 || Retired || ||

|| Linke-Hofmann R.I || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1917 || Prototype || ||

|| Linke-Hofmann R.II || Germany || || Heavy bomber || 1919 || Prototype || ||

|| Lioré et Olivier LeO 20 || France || || Night bomber || 1927 || Retired || ca. ||

|| Lioré et Olivier LeO 25 || France || || Heavy bomber || 1928 || Retired || ||

|| Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 || France || || Medium bomber || 1937 || Retired || ||

|| Lioré et Olivier LeO H-13 || France || || Night bomber || 1922 || Retired || ||

|| Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk || US || || Bomber (stealth) || 1981 || Retired || ||

|| Lockheed Hudson || US || || Maritime patrol || 1938 || Retired || ||

|| Lockheed P-3 Orion/CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus || US || || Maritime patrol || 1959 || Operational || ||

|| Lockheed P2V Neptune || US || || Maritime patrol || 1945 || Retired || ||

|| Lockheed Ventura/Harpoon || US || || Maritime patrol || 1941 || Retired || ||

|| Lockheed XB-30 || US || || Heavy bomber - project || n/a || Project || ||

|| Loire 70 || France || || Maritime patrol flying boat || 1933 || Retired || ||

|| LWS-6 Zubr || Poland || || Medium bomber || 1936 || Retired || ||

|| Macchi M.C.99 || Italy || || Maritime patrol || 1937 || Prototype || ||

|| Martin AM Mauler || US || || Attack || 1944 || Retired || ||

|| Martin B-10 & related || US || || Heavy bomber || 1932 || Retired || ||

|| Martin B-26 Marauder || US || || Medium bomber || 1940 || Retired || ||

|| Martin B-57 Canberra || US || Jet || Reconnaissance bomber || 1953 || Retired || || licence production of EE Canberra

|| Martin Baltimore || US || || Medium bomber || 1941 || Retired || ||

|| Martin Maryland || US || || Medium bomber || 1939 || Retired || ||

|| Martin MBT/MT || US || || Bomber || 1918 || Retired || ||

|| Martin NBS-1 || US || || Night bomber || 1920 || Retired || ||

|| Martin P4M Mercator || US || || Maritime patrol || 1946 || Retired || ||

|| Martin P5M Marlin || US || || Maritime patrol || 1948 || Retired || ||

|| Martin P6M SeaMaster || US || Jet || Heavy bomber || 1955 || Retired || || Flying boat.

|| Martin PBM Mariner || US || || Maritime patrol || 1939 || Retired || ||

|| Martin T3M || US || || Torpedo bomber || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| Martin T4M || US || || Torpedo bomber || 1927 || Retired || ||

|| Martin XB-27 || US || || Heavy bomber || n/a || Project || ||

|| Martin XB-33 Super Marauder || US || || Heavy bomber || n/a || Project || ||

|| Martin XB-48 || US || || Medium bomber || 1947 || Prototype || ||

|| Martin XB-51 || US || || Attack || 1949 || Prototype || ||

|| Martinsyde G.100 and 102 Elephant || UK || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1915 || Retired || ||

|| McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II || US || || Attack || 1983 || Project || ||

|| Messerschmitt Me 264 || Germany || || Maritime patrol/heavy bomber || 1942 || Prototype || ||

|| Mikoyan MiG-27 || USSR || Jet || Attack || 1970 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi 1MT || Japan || || Torpedo bomber || 1922 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi 2MB1 || Japan || || Reconnaissance bomber || 1926 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi 3MT5 || Japan || || Torpedo bomber || 1932 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi B1M || Japan || || Torpedo bomber || 1923 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi B2M || Japan || || Torpedo bomber || 1929 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi B5M || Japan || || Torpedo bomber || 1937 || Retired || ca. ||

|| Mitsubishi G1M || Japan || || Heavy bomber || 1934 || Prototype || ||

|| Mitsubishi G3M || Japan || || Attack || 1935 || Retired || ||

|| Mitsubishi G4M || Japan || || Heavy bomber || 1939 || Retired || ||