KDR wrote:

Just wondering how come post-WW2 carrierborne torpedo planes such as
Firebrand, AM Mauler, Wyvern were all single-seaters. Only a few years
ago during the WW2, carrierborne torpedo planes required three crews -
pilot, bomber/navigator & radioman/gunner - without exception. What
brought this change?


By the wars end, air gunners were obsolete. Most bombers were starting
to delete them to the point that by the time The jet age came, only a
few heavies had tail guns. By the same token the torpedo bomber was
kind of dead too. By the deleting the 2nd man, you can make a smaller,
faster, plane.