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V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau ' onMouseout='HidePop("62910")' href="/topics/OKB">OKB
(design bureau) for military aircraft, headed by designer Vladimir Petlyakov
. Following his death in 1942
, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in 1946
.
OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...
(design bureau) for military aircraft, headed by designer Vladimir Petlyakov
Vladimir Petlyakov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov was a Soviet aeronautical engineer.Petlyakov was born in Sambek in 1891 , where his father was a local official...
. Following his death in 1942
1942 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942:- Events :* The United States Coast Guard begins to use the national insignia for U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft on its own aircraft for the first time. The practice has continued ever since.-January:* The U.S...
, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in 1946
1946 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1946:- Events :* The American Section of the International League of Aviators resurrects the National Trophy, a Harmon Trophy awarded from 1926 to 1938 to the outstanding aviator of the year in each of the 21 member countries of the now-defunct League...
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Developments
- Pe-2 'Buck'/PB-100Petlyakov Pe-2The Petlyakov Pe-2 was a Soviet dive bomber aircraft used during World War II. It was regarded as one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war and it was extremely successful in the roles of heavy fighter, reconnaissance and night fighter...
, 1941.- VI-100/"100" prototype, "high altitude fighter", 1939.
- Pe-2IPetlyakov Pe-2The Petlyakov Pe-2 was a Soviet dive bomber aircraft used during World War II. It was regarded as one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war and it was extremely successful in the roles of heavy fighter, reconnaissance and night fighter...
fighter - Pe-3Petlyakov Pe-2The Petlyakov Pe-2 was a Soviet dive bomber aircraft used during World War II. It was regarded as one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war and it was extremely successful in the roles of heavy fighter, reconnaissance and night fighter...
multirole fighter, 23 were built, 1941.- Pe-3bisPetlyakov Pe-2The Petlyakov Pe-2 was a Soviet dive bomber aircraft used during World War II. It was regarded as one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war and it was extremely successful in the roles of heavy fighter, reconnaissance and night fighter...
multirole fighter, about 300 were built, 1941.
- Pe-3bis
- Pe-4Petlyakov Pe-2The Petlyakov Pe-2 was a Soviet dive bomber aircraft used during World War II. It was regarded as one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war and it was extremely successful in the roles of heavy fighter, reconnaissance and night fighter...
Pe-2 with Klimov VK-105PF engines. - Vb-109 (by V.Myasichev) high-altitude bomber.
- Pe-8Petlyakov Pe-8The Petlyakov Pe-8 was a Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during the war. Produced in limited numbers, it was used to bomb Berlin in August 1941. It was also used for so-called "morale raids" designed to raise the spirit of the Soviet...
/TB-7 The only four-engined bomber the USSR used during WWII, 1940.