The gear leg visible behind attachement to a bit of wing behind the fuselage in the foreground of the 2nd piccie is of a different type. Looks something like the leg of an Anson or similar.

I had a good browse through Bill Gunston’s excellent “Encyclopedia Of Russian Aircraft” last night and he notes against the Pe8 that it was the only Soviet ‘Heavy’ bomber developed during the Great Patriotic War (i.e. WW2) – which implies that if the above ISN’T a Pe8 then it was developed after WW2 (I think it looks too ‘modern’ to be pre-WW2 Soviet), or even that perhaps it isn’t Soviet at all.

Notwithstanding what I said in my previous reply, there are some very stark similarities here with some versions of the Pe8 illustrated (sleek, slim curved outer engine nacelles, general cockpit & front end shape, single fin) – which leads me to lean towards it probably being some possible experimental version of the Pe8 ? However the turrets (or whatever) beneath the outer nacelles are definitely unusual & non-standard.

robert.wright46 – what makes you say it isn’t a Pe8 ? Intrigued now!

Well well, I can’t be as daft as I look!

Adrian

Well……… how could you be ! :p

Sorry – couldn’t resist, school quips are all coming back to me 😮

I think one of the Spantax ones is ‘preserved’ at Palma.

Glad you put preserved in quotes – she’s in a terrible state 🙁
She’s supposed to be owned by the “Museo Del Aire” at Madrid – but they’ve obviously had a problem moving her to the mainland from Palma… so here she rots……