Tu-14 | |
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General information | |
Type | Torpedo bomber |
Manufacturer | Tupolev |
Primary user | Soviet Naval Aviation |
Number built | About 150 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1952 |
First flight | 13 October 1949[1] |
Retired | 1959 |
Developed from | Tupolev '73' |
The Tupolev Tu-14 (NATO reporting name: Bosun)[2] (USAF/DOD reporting name: Type 35),[2] was a Soviet twinjet light bomber derived from the Tupolev '73', the failed competitor to the Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle'. It was used as a torpedo bomber by the mine-torpedo regiments of Soviet Naval Aviation between 1952–1959 and exported to the People's Republic of China.