Showing posts with label Tupolev SB 2M-103. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tupolev SB 2M-103. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Eight.

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  The SB continued to serve during World War 2, specially during the siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Moscow, as we've already state...
Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Seven.

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  The SB continued to serve during World War 2, specially during the siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Moscow, as we've already state...
Wednesday, 10 January 2024

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Six.

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  The SB continued to serve during World War 2, specially during the siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Moscow, as we've already state...
Friday, 5 January 2024

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Five.

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  Germany launched Operation Barbarossa on 22nd June 1941, by invading the USSR. At that time the Tupolev SB was the most numerous bomber in...
Tuesday, 2 January 2024

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Four.

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  The Tupolev PS-41 was a civilian version of the SB 2M-103. It was developed by Aeroflot in 1939 and by December 1940 forty-nine machines w...
Thursday, 28 December 2023

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Three.

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  The Tupolev SB was Soviet's main bomber during the Winter War. During this conflict, ranging from late November 1939 until until mid M...
Thursday, 13 July 2023

Tupolev SB in Soviet Service. Part Two.

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  The first combat usage of the Tupolev SB under VVS's (Soviet Air Force) Red Star was in the Battle of Lake Khasan. This battle was par...
Thursday, 22 June 2023

Tupolev SB in Finnish service. Part two.

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  The Finnish Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) assigned the 16 SB purchased from Germany (see our previous post for details) to the three flig...
Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Tupolev SB in Finnish service. Part one.

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  During the Winter War, which comprised from 30th November 1939 to 13th March 1940, the Finnish captured eight salvageable SB 2M-100A. Thos...
Thursday, 8 June 2023

Tupolev SB in service with China

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  On 7th July 1937 Japan invaded China sparkling the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Chinese Air Force (CAF) had, at that time just 284 aircra...