DB-3 (Family)

Description

The Ilyushin DB-3 (Дальний бомбардировщик - Long-range Bomber) is a Soviet bomber designed by Sergey Ilyushin. It originated in a failed competitor to the Tupolev SB, which Ilyushin redesigned as a long-range bomber that entered production in 1936. The DB-3 was redesigned again in 1938 into the DB-3F, which would be renamed the Il-4 in 1942. In the Second World War, DB-3s were the first Soviet aircraft to bomb Berlin and would be used throughout the war.

Vehicles

Rank II

• DB-3A (China) - DB-3 supplied to China
• DB-3B
• IL-4 - formally DB-3F

[Expand]Ilyushin Design Bureau (Илью́шинa Опытное конструкторское бюро)
Bombers	DB-3B · IL-4
Jet Bombers	IL-28* · IL-28Sh
Strike Aircraft	IL-8 (1944)
Il-2	IL-2 (1941) · IL-2 (1942) · IL-2M type 3 · IL-2M "Avenger" · IL-2M (1943) · IL-2-37 · IL-2 M-82
Il-10	IL-10 · IL-10 (1946)
Export/Captured
Bombers	␗DB-3A · ◊IL-28 · ◔IL-28
Strike Aircraft	▀IL-2 (1942) · ␗IL-10 (1946) · ◔IL-10
	* The Chinese Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation built unlicensed copies of the Il-28 known as the H-5.