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Index Petlyakov Pe-2

The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II.[1]

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  1. 103 relations: Air Force of the Polish Army, Air International, Alexander Yakovlev (engineer), Andrei Tupolev, Artem Mikoyan, Battle of Tali–Ihantala, Berezin UB, Blitzkrieg, Bodø, Bristol Beaufighter, Bulgarian Air Force, Cantilever, Central Air Force Museum, Continuation War, Czechoslovak Air Force, De Havilland Mosquito, Detachment Kuhlmey, Dive bomber, Finnish Air Force, Fokker G.I, Great Purge, Havlíčkův Brod, Heavy fighter, Henschel Hs 130, Hispano-Suiza 12Y, Hungarian Air Force, International Workers' Day, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Jagdgeschwader 54, Joseph Stalin, Junkers Ju 86, Junkers Ju 87, Junkers Ju 88, Karelian Isthmus, Kazan, Kazan Aircraft Production Association, Klimov M-105, List of aircraft of World War II, List of bomber aircraft, List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 110, Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer), Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Monino, Monoplane, ... Expand index (53 more) »

  2. 1930s Soviet bomber aircraft
  3. Petlyakov aircraft
  4. World War II Soviet medium bombers
  5. World War II aircraft of Finland
  6. World War II dive bombers

Air Force of the Polish Army

The Air Force of the Polish Army (Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego), unofficially known as the People's Polish Air Force was the name of the Soviet-controlled Polish Air Force in the USSR between 1943 and 1947 created alongside the Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie), a subordinate to the Red Army.

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Air International

AIR International is a British aviation magazine covering current defence aerospace and civil aviation topics.

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Alexander Yakovlev (engineer)

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев; 22 August 1989) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer.

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Andrei Tupolev

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Андрей Николаевич Туполев; – 23 December 1972) was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.

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Artem Mikoyan

Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan (Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н; translit; – 9 December 1970) was a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, who cofounded the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau along with Mikhail Gurevich.

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Battle of Tali–Ihantala

The Battle of Tali–Ihantala (June 25 to July 9, 1944) was part of the Finnish-Soviet Continuation War (1941–1944), which occurred during World War II.

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Berezin UB

The Berezin UB (УБ - Универсальный Березина) (Berezin's Universal) was a 12.7 mm caliber Soviet aircraft machine gun widely used during World War II.

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Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg (from Blitz "lightning" + Krieg "war") or Bewegungskrieg is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations; together with artillery, air assault, and close air support; with intent to break through the opponent's lines of defense, dislocate the defenders, unbalance the enemies by making it difficult to respond to the continuously changing front, and defeat them in a decisive Vernichtungsschlacht: a battle of annihilation.

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Bodø

Bodø (Bådåddjo, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway, with a population of approx.

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Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Bristol Beaufighter are aircraft first flown in 1939 and twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Bulgarian Air Force

The Bulgarian Air Force (Voennovazdushni sili) is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces.

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Cantilever

A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end.

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Central Air Force Museum

The Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушныхсил РФ) is an aviation museum in Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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Continuation War

The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Czechoslovak Air Force

The Czechoslovak Air Force (Československé letectvo) or the Czechoslovak Army Air Force (Československé vojenské letectvo) was the air force branch of the Czechoslovak Army formed in October 1918.

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De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Petlyakov Pe-2 and de Havilland Mosquito are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Detachment Kuhlmey

Detachment Kuhlmey (Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey) was a temporary unit of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe during World War II.

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Dive bomber

A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops.

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Finnish Air Force

The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; Air forces; Air arm) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.

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Fokker G.I

The Fokker G.I was a Dutch twin-engined heavy fighter aircraft comparable in size and role to the German Messerschmitt Bf 110. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Fokker G.I are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Great Purge

The Great Purge, or the Great Terror (translit), also known as the Year of '37 (label) and the Yezhovshchina (label), was Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin's campaign to consolidate power over the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Soviet state.

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Havlíčkův Brod

Havlíčkův Brod (until 1945 Německý Brod; Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

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Heavy fighter

A heavy fighter is a historic category of fighter aircraft produced in the 1930s and 1940s, designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges than light fighter aircraft.

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Henschel Hs 130

The Henschel Hs 130 was a German high-altitude reconnaissance and bomber aircraft developed in World War II. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Henschel Hs 130 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Hispano-Suiza 12Y

The Hispano-Suiza 12Y was an aircraft engine produced by Hispano-Suiza for the French Air Force before the Second World War.

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Hungarian Air Force

The Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Légierő), is the air force branch of the Hungarian Defence Forces.

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International Workers' Day

International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, or the first Monday in May.

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Irkutsk

Irkutsk (p; Buryat and Эрхүү, Erhüü) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

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Irkutsk Aviation Plant

Irkutsk Aviation Plant (Иркутский авиационный завод) is a company based in Irkutsk, Russia and established in 1932.

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Jagdgeschwader 54

Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing that was founded in late 1936 and operated from 1939, the entire length of the Second World War.

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

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Junkers Ju 86

The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s and employed by various air forces on both sides during World War II. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Junkers Ju 86 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Junkers Ju 87

The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Junkers Ju 87 are World War II dive bombers.

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Junkers Ju 88

The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Junkers Ju 88 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft and World War II aircraft of Finland.

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Karelian Isthmus

The Karelian Isthmus (Karelsky peresheyek; Karjalankannas; Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva.

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Kazan

Kazan is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia.

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Kazan Aircraft Production Association

Kazan Aircraft Production Association (KAPO; Kazanskoye Aviatsionnoe Proizvodstvennoe Obyedinenie imeni S.P. Gorbunova) is an aircraft manufacturer based in Kazan, Russia.

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Klimov M-105

The Klimov M-105 was a V12 liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine used by Soviet aircraft during World War II.

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List of aircraft of World War II

The list of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries which were at war during World War from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them.

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List of bomber aircraft

Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets.

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List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Lockheed P-38 Lightning are aircraft first flown in 1939 and twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Messerschmitt Bf 109 are World War II aircraft of Finland.

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Messerschmitt Bf 110

The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110,Because it was built before Bayerische Flugzeugwerke became Messerschmitt AG in July 1938, the Bf 110 was never officially given the designation Me 110. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Messerschmitt Bf 110 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)

Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich (Михаи́л Ио́сифович Гуре́вич) (– 12 November 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) is a Soviet fighter-interceptor used during World War II.

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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned between them or managed the sovereignty of the states in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania.

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Monino

Monino (Мо́нино) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow.

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Monoplane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Myasishchev DB-108

The Myasishchev DB-108 was a 1940s Soviet experimental development of the Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber aircraft. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Myasishchev DB-108 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft and World War II Soviet medium bombers.

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NACA airfoil

The NACA airfoil series is a set of standardized airfoil shapes developed by this agency, which became widely used in the design of aircraft wings.

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NATO reporting name

NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries.

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Night fighter

A night fighter (later known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor post-Second World War) is a largely historical term for a fighter or interceptor aircraft adapted or designed for effective use at night, during periods of adverse meteorological conditions, or in otherwise poor visibility.

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NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyy komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviated as NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946.

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Norwegian Aviation Museum

The Norwegian Aviation Museum (Norsk luftfartsmuseum) was opened by King Harald V on May 15, 1994.

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OKB

OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "опытно-конструкторское бюро" –, meaning 'experiment and design bureau'.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Pavel Sukhoi

Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Па́вел О́сипович Сухо́й; Па́вел Во́сіпавіч Сухі́, Paviel Vosipavič Suchi; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau.

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People's Liberation Army Air Force

The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force or the People's Air Force, is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army.

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Petlyakov

V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau (Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro Petlyakova) was a Soviet OKB (design bureau) for military aircraft, headed by designer Vladimir Petlyakov.

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Petlyakov Pe-3

The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long-range heavy fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 high-speed dive bomber used by the Soviet Union during World War II. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Petlyakov Pe-3 are Petlyakov aircraft, twin piston-engined tractor aircraft and World War II aircraft of Finland.

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Petlyakov Pe-8

The Petlyakov Pe-8 (Петляков Пе-8) was a Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during the war. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Petlyakov Pe-8 are Petlyakov aircraft.

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Petlyakov VI-100

The Petlyakov VI-100 (Visotnyi Istrebitel – high altitude fighter) was a fighter/dive bomber aircraft designed and built in the USSR from 1938. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Petlyakov VI-100 are aircraft first flown in 1939 and Petlyakov aircraft.

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Ploiești

Ploiești, formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania.

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Polish Air Force

The Polish Air Force (Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Polish Army Museum

Museum of the Polish Army (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) is a museum in Warsaw documenting the military history of Poland.

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Polish Navy

The Polish Navy (War Navy; often abbreviated to Marynarka) is the naval branch of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Potez 630

The Potez 630 and its derivatives were a family of twin-engined, multirole aircraft developed for the French Air Force in the late 1930s. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Potez 630 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Pyotr Stefanovsky

Pyotr Mikhailovich Stefanovsky (Пётр Михайлович Стефановский; 2 January 1903 — 23 February 1976) was a Soviet test pilot.

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Reconnaissance aircraft

A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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RS-82 (rocket family)

RS-82 and RS-132 (Reaktivny Snaryad; Russian: Реактивный Снаряд; rocket-powered projectile) were unguided rockets used by Soviet military during World War II.

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Sharashka

Sharashkas (singular: шара́шка,; sometimes sharaga, sharazhka) were secret research and development laboratories operating from 1930 to the 1950s within the Soviet Gulag labor camp system, as well as in other facilities under the supervision of the Soviet secret service.

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ShKAS machine gun

The ShKAS (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny, Shpitalny-Komaritski rapid fire for aircraft; Russian: ШКАС - Шпитального-Комарицкого Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm calibre machine gun widely used by Soviet aircraft in the 1930s and during World War II.

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ShVAK cannon

The ShVAK (ШВАК: Шпитальный-Владимиров Авиационный Крупнокалиберный, Shpitalnyi-Vladimirov Aviatsionnyi Krupnokalibernyi, "Shpitalny-Vladimirov Aviation Large-calibre") was a 20 mm autocannon used by the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Soviet Air Forces

The Soviet Air Forces (r, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Tampere

Tampere (Tammerfors) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa.

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Trainer aircraft

A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews.

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Tupolev

Tupolev (ˈtupəlʲɪf), officially Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow.

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Tupolev SB

The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB (Скоростной бомбардировщик – Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik – high speed bomber) and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed twin-engined three-seat monoplane bomber, first flown in 1934. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Tupolev SB are 1930s Soviet bomber aircraft, twin piston-engined tractor aircraft, World War II Soviet medium bombers and World War II aircraft of Finland.

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Tupolev Tu-2

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. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Tupolev Tu-2 are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft and World War II Soviet medium bombers.

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Turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.

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UMMC Museum Complex

The UMMC Museum Complex (Музейный комплекс УГМК), fully the UMMC Museum Complex of Military and Civil Equipment (Музейный комплекс УГМК военной и гражданской техники), is a museum complex located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

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Valtion lentokonetehdas

Valtion lentokonetehdas (State aircraft factory) was a Finnish aircraft manufacturing company that was founded on 23 February 1928 from the IVL or I.V.L. factory (Ilmailuvoimien lentokonetehdas, Finnish Air Force Aircraft Factory), founded in 1921.

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Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller (airscrew) with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch.

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Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Ве́рхняя Пышма́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. Petlyakov Pe-2 and Vickers Wellington are twin piston-engined tractor aircraft.

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Vladimir Myasishchev (engineer)

Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (Владимир Михайлович Мясищев; 28 September 1902 – 14 October 1978) was a Soviet aircraft designer, major general of Engineering (1944), Hero of Socialist Labour (1957), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR (1972).

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Vladimir Petlyakov

Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov (Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петляко́в; 15 June 1891 – 12 January 1942) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer.

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Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive

The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive or Karelian offensive was a strategic operation by the Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus and East Karelia fronts of the Continuation War, on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yugoslav Air Force

The Air Force and Air Defence (Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana; abbr. RV i PVO), was one of three branches of the Yugoslav People's Army, the Yugoslav military.

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184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

The 184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (184., 184. извиђачки авијацијски пук) was an aviation regiment established in 1948 as the Night Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vazduhoplovni noćni bombarderski puk, Ваздухопловни ноћни бомбардерски пук), then the 184th Light Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, before adopting its final name from 1952 until its disestablishment in 1966.

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185th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

The 185th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was established in 1949 as the 185th Mixed Aviation Regiment as part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force.

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1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division

The 1st Czechoslovak Composite Air Division (1.; 1.) was the air arm of the Czechoslovak armed forces in the Soviet Union during World War II, operating under the operational command of the Soviet Air Force.

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715th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron

The 715th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: 715. / 715. самостална извиђачка ескадрила) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in December, 1949 by order from July 24, same year at Pleso airfield.

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82nd Aviation Brigade

The 82nd Aviation Brigade (Serbo-Croatian: 82. / 82. авијацијска бригада) was a Yugoslavian aviation regiment established in 1945 as 42nd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 42. / 42. ваздухопловни бомбардерски пук).

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88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment

The 88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 88. lovačko-bombarderski avijacijski puk / 88. ловачко-бомбардерски авијацијски пук) was a Yugoslavian aviation regiment established in 1947 as 43rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 43. vazduhoplovni bombarderski puk / 43.

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See also

1930s Soviet bomber aircraft

Petlyakov aircraft

World War II Soviet medium bombers

World War II aircraft of Finland

World War II dive bombers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petlyakov_Pe-2

Also known as Pe-2, Pe-2 Buck, Peshka, Petlyakov Pe-2FT.

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