During the program about Churchill and Stalin on Monday evening, some footage was shown of the Soviet Foreign Minister visiting Scotland during World War 2. The aircraft in which he arrived was a large 4-engined transport which I did not recognise – does anyone know what it was ?
By: JDK - 18th August 2005 at 13:04
If you want to see the footage, it’s probably on www.britishpathe.com
By: Super Guppy - 18th August 2005 at 13:02
Having investigated further , it looks like you are both right – the TB-7 and the Pe-8 are apparently two different names for the same design. Petlyakov designed the TB-7 while working under Tupolev , and it was later designated the Pe-8 in his honour. Just to add to the confusion , it also has another alternative designation , the ANT-42 !
Anyway , thanks for your help.
By: Mark12 - 17th August 2005 at 18:49
..or perhaps a Tupelov TB-7.
Mark
By: Snautzer - 17th August 2005 at 17:18
that would be the pe 8
http://aerodrom.altnet.ru/avia/bombers/russia/pe8-i000.jpg
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