On a cold January day in 1941, an aircraft named the “103” took to the sky for the first time over Moscow. However, this maiden flight was unlike many others; it was watched nervously by its creator, Andrei Tupolev, perched atop a prison building. Little did he know that this aircraft, born amidst the turmoil of the Great Purge in the Soviet Union, would go on to become one of the most outstanding bombers of World War II.
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00:04 History
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Corrections
– The artwork showing the Tu-2 flying over Moscow should have the Soviet bomber with inline engines. Since I couldn’t find any model of the prototype with such engines, I decided to use the main production variant (with radial engines).
Sources
Written:
– Tupolev Tu-2 – The Forgotten Medium Bomber by Jason Nicholas Moore
– Soviet Combat Aircraft of The Second World War by Yefim Gordon and Dmitri Khazanov with Alexander Medved
– Red Phoenix Rising – The Soviet Air Force in World War II by Von Hardesty and Ilya Grinberg
– Soviet Bombers of the Second World War by Jason Nicholas Moore
– Tupolev Aircraft since 1922 by Bill Gunston
– Several other sources like aircraft manuals and tests
Online:
– https://pobeda75.tupolev.ru/index_tu2.html
– https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/
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Peshka >>>> Tu-2 <3
Tak!
I'm pretty sure that the creator of this channel is either Polish, Australian, or Russian descent, I hear the passion on these plane videos. Great video 😃
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Love my early Tu-2 in War Thunder, so this video on the history of this aircraft which is little known in the west was nice.
Tupolev watched nervously…because he didn't want to wind up in Siberia or vanish, never to be heard from again. Great video as always.
Your aircraft identification quiz from the end of the video reminds me of similiar quizzes in Finnish aviation magazines from the 60's and 70's 🙂 Anyhow, here's my guesses at it:
1. North American B-25
2. Mitsubihsi Ki-67
3. Junker Ju 88
4. Vickers Wellington
5. CANT Z.1007
6. Liore et Oliver LeO 451
7. Martin B-10
8. PZL 37
9. DB-3F/IL-4
Start production just in 1944 so it's not BEST at ALL
A plane I never knew about. Assumed it was a re-named Pe-2 when I started the video. Cool stuff.
How many production Tu-2's were built in 1942 before the cancellation?
Thank you for another excellent and informative video presentation.
Keep up the good work.
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My favorite medium bombers of WW2 are in that order:
1. B25 in the commerce raider version.
2. A20 also in the commerce raider version.
3. JU88
4. Pe2/Tu2
5. Blenheim IV
nice work
It is always a good day when you post another video! 😊
Thank you 👍
Hello. Can you make a video about Petlyakov Pe-8 heavy bomber?
Thanks for this. I always wondered about the configuration similarity bwtween this A/C and the Pe-2, and why this one was not as well-known. It was quite interesting to learn about it. However, I note you no longer use the melancholy background music. A change in format?
Do you mean to assert this Tu was better than the Pe-2? If so, reasons should be set forth. I believe the Pe-2 was the better.
Great video. Best medium bomber would have to be He 111 , long service, multiple rolls, only bomber with green house on the front ! 😀 I cannot name many of those shown.
No mention that the wing design of the ju 88 copied by Russia was an AMERICAN DESIGN !!
Excellent! And the background information on politics is a nice inclusion.
Lovely designed bomber with clean graceful lines!! Thanks for your contribution!
Answer to the quiz: 1) North American B-25 Mitchell. 2) Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu. 3) Junkers Ju-88. 4) Vickers Wellington. 5) Cant Z.1007 Alcione. 6) Lioré et Olivier LeO 451. 7) Martin B-10. 8) PZL.37 Łoś. 9) Ilyushin Il-4.
Best WWII era aircraft channel on YouTube!
Tu-2 kopj J-88?
I thought this was a video of a plane, not a anticomunist propaganda
Can you elaborate on the "nasty ones" at the quiz at the end of your video? Great work👍
"Seemingly fabricated?"
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The best medium bomber of the war ? I dunno I think that’s a stretch
Is the T-4 a medium bomber because that one was much better by all accounts
Best WW2 Medium Bomber? you haven't listed it, It would in my opinion have to be the Martin Marauder B26