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Warming up the engines of a Tu-2 bomber in the yard of an aircraft factory. 08.03.1945
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Warming up the engines of a Tu-2 bomber in the yard of an aircraft factory. 08.03.1945
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The Tupolev Tu-2 (development names ANT-58 and 103; NATO reporting name Bat) is a twin-engined Soviet high-speed daylight and frontline bomber aircraft used during World War II. The Tu-2 was tailored to meet a requirement for a high-speed bomber or dive-bomber, with a large internal bomb load and speed similar to that of a single-seat fighter. Designed to challenge the German Junkers Ju 88, the Tu-2 proved comparable and was produced in torpedo, interceptor and reconnaissance versions. The Tu-2 was an effective combat aircraft and it played a key role in the final offensives of the Red Army.[1]
Tu-2 bomber of junior lieutenant A.V. Kudlaev in flight over the Crimean Bridge during the final rehearsal of the air parade in Moscow. Photo from the album of the pilot of the 63rd BAP (bomber aviation regiment) A.V. Kudlaev. 1945
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Crew and aircraft technicians of the 12th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 334th Bomber Aviation Division of the 1st Baltic Front near a Tu-2 bomber at the Ulla airfield.Third from the right is air gunner Sergeant Mikhail Tikhonovich Mordashov (02.08.1925 - 28.10.1993). 02.08.1944
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