Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Eight.

 

The SB continued to serve during World War 2, specially during the siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Moscow, as we've already stated, but it was also, numerically speaking, the most important bomber the VVS had in the Stalingrad region when the Axis forces launched their offensive against the Caucasus in June 1942. 

The SB in all its variants served, in some sectors, in the night bomber role well until 1943, even if they were being replaced by either the Tupolev Tu-2 or the Petlyakov Pe-2 when they became available. The SBs were also used in other secondary roles by the VVS like supply-dropping, glider-towing, training and transport in the Far East until the end of the war in 1945.

Sources:

1st Signal Squadron - Aircraft In action 194 - Tupolev SB in Action

2nd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_SB