Tupolev SB 2M-103 «4 Blue» (c/n 11/220), 24th SBP/3rd Sqn, was flown by pilot Starchilo, navigator/bomb-aimer Yegorov and gunner/radio operator Petrov. It was lost to AA fire on 1st December 1939 while bombing Viipuri railway station
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Tupolev SB 2M-100 «4 Yellow» presumably belonged to the 24th SBP/5th Sqn (pilot Prochev). It was shot down by Finnish fighters when attacking Immola airfield on 21 December 1939
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Tupolev SB-2M-100AU «3 Blue» (c/n 2/92) of the 44th SBP/5th Sqn. This aircraft was lost in a fatal crash on 30th January 1940 when pilot Ovcharenko (who had been suspended from a sortie because he lacked instrument flying skills) took the decision to take off on his own accord after the rest of the regiment had flown, but became disoriented in clouds
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Tupolev SB 2M-103 «3 Blue» (c/n 1/224), 2nd SBP. Winter War, December 1939
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
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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)
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