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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.
17 wrz 2015 · Il-4. In 1938, the Ilyushin design bureau redesigned the Ilyushin DB-3 to ease production and improve its performance, the revised version receiving the designation DB-3F. ... The decals consist of a large sheet about 8 1/2" x 11" plus a smaller sheet and includes markings for 11 different aircraft. The decals appear thin and have a glossy ...
One Il-4 was built as the "Il-4TK" with a pressurized cabin and turbocharged engines for high-altitude operations; it had a rounded, glassed-in nose and no separate canopy, and also lacked defensive armament.
IL-4 airplanes with external suspension of landing cabins and cargoes, also adapted for towing landing gliders, including the G-11 airframe itself, designed by V. K. Gribovsky, were especially widely used in 1943-1944.
13 gru 2017 · Ilyushin’s DB-3/Il-4 medium bomber entered service in 1937 and served throughout World War II as a standard bomber and torpedo-bomber for both the air force and the navy. A few bombed Helsinki during the Winter War against Finland.
26 sie 2013 · DB-3/Il-4 of Vladimir Kotelnikov, ed. Aviacija i Kosmonautika, 2005. Ilyushin Il-4 of Hans-Heiri Stapfel, Squadron Signal n.192. Red Stars of Geust, Keskinen, Stenman ed. Opali. Soviet combat aircraft of the Second World War volume 2, of Y.Gordon and D. Khazanov, ed. Midland.
Ilyushin IL-4 - bomber. One of the great bombers of the war, the Ilyushin IL-4 has not unnaturally been overshadowed in Western thinking by the great British and American aircraft, yet well over 5,000 IL-4s were produced between 1937 and 1944, the vast majority in the last three years.
