Archive for Апрель, 2009

Tupolev SB side view

Tupolev SB

Tupolev SB 2M-103 «3 Blue» (c/n 1/224), 2nd SBP. Winter War, December 1939

Tupolev SB side view

Tupolev SB

This Tupolev SB 2M-103A «2 Blue» was likewise captured by the Germans in wrecked condition in the summer of 1941. The stars were also applied to the propeller spinners

Tupolev SB side view

Tupolev SB

Tupolev SB 2M-100 20W-6 equipped with a wire aerial and a windmill-driven generator. The aircraft has a Luftwaffe-style «splinter scheme» of dark brown (RLM 61), dark green (RLM 62) and grey (RLM 63), with pale blue undersides (RLM 65)

Tupolev SB side view

Tupolev SB

Tupolev SB 2M-100 20W-1 soon after repaint in Luftwaffe-style «splinter» camouflage

Tupolev SB side view

Tupolev SB

Tupolev SB 2M-100 20W-1 soon after repaint in Luftwaffe-style «splinter» camouflage

MiG-Sabre artwork

MiG-Sabre

Soviet ace Semyon Fedorets shooting down USAF ace J. MacConnell. Korea, April 12, 1953


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