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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.
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 ...
Aeroflot Flight 214 was a crash that occurred on 6 August 1955 involving an Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft operated by Aeroflot with tail number СССР-Л5057. The aircraft was operating a flight on the route Moscow–Stalingrad (now Volgograd)–Moscow. During the flight, the right engine failed and caught fire.
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 aircraft was a 186-seat Ilyushin Il-62M built in the third quarter of 1983, registered SP-LBG and named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military leader and national hero. [3] [1] [4] The Il-62 has four tail-mounted engines, with two on the left side (numbers 1 and 2) and two on the right side (numbers 3 and 4). The proximity of the two ...
On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the Russia-backed separatists from Luhansk People's Republic while on approach to land at Luhansk International Airport, Ukraine, during the initial phase of the war in Donbas. The aircraft was ...