Ilyushin Il-4

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The Ilyushin Il-4 was a Soviet twin-engine long-range bomber widely used by the USSR during World War II for strategic bombing and torpedo missions.

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Ilyushin Il-4 canonical 2
Ilyushin Il-4 bomber 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft
long‑range bomber
military aircraft
twin‑engine bomber
armament defensive machine guns
external bomb racks
internal bomb bay
torpedoes for anti‑shipping missions
bombLoad up to 2500 kg of bombs
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 4
designer Sergey Ilyushin NERFINISHED
developedFrom Ilyushin DB‑3 NERFINISHED
engineConfiguration twin‑engine
engineType piston engine
enteredMassProduction late 1930s
era 1930s aircraft
1940s aircraft
firstFlight 1936
fuselageType all‑metal monoplane
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear
manufacturer Ilyushin Design Bureau NERFINISHED
maximumSpeed about 430 km/h
NATOReportingName Bob NERFINISHED
notableOperation Baltic Sea anti‑shipping operations
Black Sea anti‑shipping operations NERFINISHED
strategic bombing of German targets
operator Soviet Long‑Range Aviation NERFINISHED
powerplant 2 × Tumansky M‑88 radial engines
primaryUsers Soviet Union NERFINISHED
productionPeriod late 1930s to mid‑1940s
range about 3800 km
role long‑range bomber
maritime strike aircraft
torpedo bomber
serviceCeiling about 9300 m
serviceEntry 1940
usedAs mine‑laying aircraft
night bomber
usedBy Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED
Soviet Naval Aviation NERFINISHED
usedFor long‑range reconnaissance
maritime torpedo attacks
strategic bombing
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane

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Sergei Ilyushin designed Ilyushin Il-4
Sergei Ilyushin notableWork Ilyushin Il-4
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-4 bomber
Ilyushin Design Bureau notableWork Ilyushin Il-4