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    The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Russian: Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World...
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  • 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...
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    The Petlyakov Pe-8 (Russian: Петляков Пе-8) was a Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during...
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  • Gneiss-2 was the first Soviet produced airborne radar system. It was introduced in 1942, and was installed on Petlyakov Pe-2, Petlyakov Pe-3 and Douglas...
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  • with the promise that Petlyakov and his colleagues would be released on its successful completion. The resulting aircraft, the Pe-2, which went into serial...
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  • Vladimir Petlyakov. Following his death in 1942, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in 1946. Pe-2 'Buck'/PB-100...
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    cooperative missions. Two new flyable aircraft, the Petlyakov Pe-2 (four variants) and the Petlyakov Pe-3 (two variants), as well as a large number of new...
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    of the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka greatly outnumbered the Hs 129, while the Petlyakov Pe-2 was used for this role in spite of not being specifically designed for...
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    development of the Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber aircraft. Only three prototypes were built and only two of them flew. After Vladimir Petlyakov's death in January...
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    but already the machine had been superseded by the Petlyakov Pe-2 and the flight of the Tupolev Tu-2 prototype. Therefore, after only 190 Ar-2s had been...
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    series that powered the Yakovlev and Lavochkin fighters as well as the Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber. Licensed production of the early models was also undertaken...
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    Built from 1941 to 1948, the Tu-2 was the USSR's second most important twin-engine bomber after the Petlyakov Pe-2. The design brought Andrei Tupolev...
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    withdrawn from the frontline and replaced by Ilyushin Il-2, Petlyakov Pe-2 and Tupolev Tu-2 bombers. The Su-2 was relegated to a training and reconnaissance role...
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  • of Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bombers. From 1942, the IAP started mass production of two long-range bomber aircraft: Ilyushin Il-4 and Yermolayev Yer-2 until...
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    Aviation Regiment, which used Polikarpov Po-2 utility aircraft, the unit was assigned modern Petlyakov Pe-2 aircraft, which caused some resentment among...
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  • the program was cancelled in favor of the Petlyakov Pe-2. The SPB (D) closely resembled the Polikarpov VIT-2, which had been recommended for production...
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    Arkhangelsky Ar-2 Ikarus S-49 P-40 Kittyhawk Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-1 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3 Mörkö-Morane Petlyakov Pe-2 Petlyakov Pe-3 Yakovlev...
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    Ilyushin Il-2. The aircraft was equipped with a fixed, conventional taildragger undercarriage, and a twin-fin tail from the Petlyakov Pe-2 was also utilised...
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  • Petlyakov Pe-3 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk VL Myrsky Tupolev SB Bristol Blenheim Dornier Do 17 Junkers Ju 88 Petlyakov Pe-2...
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    Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers, and the Soviet Union's Petlyakov Pe-2 attack bomber. It can be easily confused for the similarly named twin-boom...
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  • Editor 2, a text editor for MS-DOS Petty Enterprises, NASCAR race team Petlyakov Pe-2, Soviet combat aircraft from WW2 Plastic Explosive No 2 This disambiguation...
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  • Myasishchev M-50 Bounder North American B-25 Mitchell Bank Petlyakov Pe-2 Buck Tupolev Tu-2 Bat Tupolev Tu-4 Bull Tupolev Tu-14 Bosun Tupolev Tu-16, Xian...
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    Falke Fokker G.I Kawasaki Ki-45 Lockheed P-38 Lightning Nakajima J1N Petlyakov Pe-2 Potez 630 C3 PZL.38 Wilk Varga RMI-1 X/H Westland Whirlwind Related...
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    commanding officer, Major Valentin Markov, replaced her. The 587th's Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bombers also required a tall person to operate the top rear machine...
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    multi-engined dive-bombers, such as variants of the Junkers Ju 88 and Petlyakov Pe-2, frequently used this technique. The heaviest aircraft to have dive-bombing...
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    Hornisse Northrop P-61/F-15 Black Widow/Reporter Nakajima J1N Petlyakov Pe-2 Tupolev Tu-2 Saab 18 Related lists List of aircraft of World War II List of...
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  • Il-2 Shturmovik Ilyushin Il-4 Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik North American B-25 Mitchell (862 supplied from the United States) Petlyakov Pe-2 Petlyakov Pe-8...
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    The NKO selected the Petlyakov Pe-2 – a twin-engined light bomber – to be modified, and within 4 days the newly minted Petlyakov Pe-3 took flight. Numerous...
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    and era Douglas A-26 Invader Junkers Ju 188 Liore et Olivier LeO 45 Petlyakov Pe-2 Saab 18 Related lists List of aircraft of World War II Norman Polmar...
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    foreign aircraft. In 1941, the Ilyushin Il-2, Yakovlev Yak-1, Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3, Petlyakov Pe-2 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 were comparable...
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