Tupolev Tu-2
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The Tupolev Tu-2 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
A Chinese Tu-2 bomber at the China Aviation Museum, Beijing
Tupolev Tu-2S at China Aviation Museum, Beijing
Tupolev Tu-2 at the War Eagles Air Museum, NM, USA
Tupolev Tu-2 of Polish Air Forces
Andrei Tupolev
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Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.
Tupolev Tu-2
…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. In 1937, Andrei Tupolev, along with many Soviet designers at the time, was arrested on trumped-up charges of activities against the State. Despite the actions of the Soviet…
Tupolev in 1944
The Beginning by Tatyana Ivanova, depicting Tupolev (in cherry-coloured kosovorotka shirt), Nikolay Zhukovsky, and other Russian aviation pioneers at Khodynka Field, preparing the ITU monoplane for a test flight in 1911.
Tupolev (right) with the crew of the ANT-25 aircraft at the Shchyolkovo airfield in 1936. Photo by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Russian strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160 named after Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev