Il-4 | |
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![]() Il-4 in the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow, Russia | |
General information | |
Type | Long-range bomber |
Designer | Ilyushin |
Primary user | Soviet Air Force |
Number built | 5,256 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1942-1945 |
First flight | 31 March 1936 |
Developed from | Ilyushin DB-3 |
Developed into | Ilyushin Il-6 |
The Ilyushin Il-4 (DB-3F) (Russian: Ильюшин Ил-4 (ДБ-3Ф); NATO reporting name: Bob)[1] was a Soviet twin-engined long-range bomber and torpedo bomber, widely used by the Soviet Air Force and Soviet Naval Aviation during World War II.