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The genesis of the DB-3 lay in the BB-2, Sergey Ilyushin's failed competitor to the Tupolev SB.Ilyushin was able to salvage the work and time invested in the BB-2's design by recasting it as a long-range bomber, again competing against a Tupolev design, the DB-2, to meet the stringent requirements of an aircraft capable of delivering a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bombload to a range of 3,000 km (1,900 ...
The Ilyushin Il-4 (DB-3F) (Russian: Ильюшин Ил-4 (ДБ-3Ф); NATO reporting name: Bob) [1] is a Soviet twin-engined long-range bomber and torpedo bomber, widely used by the Soviet Air Force and Soviet Naval Aviation during World War II.
TsKB-26 proof of concept prototype for DB-3. M Sh attack aircraft project, 1942. Il-14 four-engine high-speed bomber project, 1944. Il-16 four-engine jet airliner project, 1954. Resembled the Tupolev Tu-110; cancelled due to the Tu-104. Il-24 twin-engine jet bomber project derived from the Il-22, 1947. Il-26 long-range bomber project, 1947.
Ilyushin carried out design work on the new aircraft, which was given the internal design bureau designation TsKB-56, in parallel with the DB-3F (later designated the Il-4). While the DB-3F was a relatively simple upgrade of the DB-3, the TsKB-56, which had the service designation DB-3, was larger and heavier, in order to meet the requirements ...
Ilyushin Il-28 Soviet Union ... Ilyushin DB-3M Soviet Union: 0: 11: 1940: 1945: Ilyushin DB-3F
The Soviet Union redesignates the Ilyushin DB-3F as the Ilyushin Il-4.; March 1 – The U.S. Navy sinks a German submarine for the first time in World War II when a Patrol Squadron 82 (VP-82) Lockheed PBO-1 Hudson piloted by Ensign William Tepuni USNR sinks U-656 off Cape Race, Newfoundland.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks the United States Congress to strengthen the air power of the United States, which he describes as "utterly inadequate." [3]During flight testing, the prototype of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force′s (IJAAF) Nakajima Ki-43 (Allied reporting name "Oscar") fighter displays poor takeoff and landing characteristics and proves to be far less maneuverable ...
Ilyushin DB-3: Radial 9-cyl. × 2: Nazarov 273 mph 2400 mi 31,500 ft 2500 kg Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik: Inline V-12: Mikulin 250 mph 475 mi 14,846 ft 600 kg Ilyushin Il-4: mph mi ft kg Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik: Inline V-12: Mikulin 342 mph 500 mi 18,000 ft 600 kg North American B-25 Mitchell: mph mi ft kg Petlyakov Pe-2: mph mi ft kg Petlyakov ...