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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.
Ilyushin DB-3: 1,528: 1936–? n/a: Excludes Il-4. Ilyushin Il-4: 5,256: 1941-1950s: Bob: Includes trainers. Ilyushin Il-28: 2,000+ 1950–1980s: Beagle: excludes Chinese Hong H-5 version. Ilyushin Il-54/Il-149: 1 – Blowlamp: Cancelled. Myasishchev M-4 "Molot" – 1955-1960s: Bison: 93 all variants, few used; most converted to M-4-2 tankers ...
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 ...
Il-6 long-range bomber prototype developed from the Il-4 and Ilyushin's last piston-engined bomber, 1942. Il-22 jet-powered bomber prototype, world's first 4-engined straight-wing aircraft, 1947. Il-28 "Beagle" and "Mascot" medium bomber/trainer, world's first twinjet with an afterburner, 1948. Il-30 tactical swept wing bomber prototype ...
This is a list of NATO reporting name/ASCC names for bombers, with Soviet Union and Chinese designations. Bombers had names starting with the letter "B"; single-syllable words denoted propeller driven aircraft (piston and turboprop engines), while two syllable words were used for jets.
In the late 1930s, the Ilyushin OKB (or design bureau) was tasked with designing a replacement for its DB-3 twin-engined, long-range bomber. 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 ...
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Ilyushin DB-3; Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik; Ilyushin Il-4; Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik; North American B-25 Mitchell (862 supplied from the United States) Petlyakov Pe-2; Petlyakov Pe-8; Polikarpov Po-2; Sukhoi Su-2; Tupolev SB; Tupolev TB-3; Tupolev Tu-2; Yakovlev Yak-2; Yakovlev Yak-4; Yermolayev Yer-2