Tupolev Tu-4: The First Soviet Strategic Bomber

by Vladimir Rigmant, Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy Komissarov

After World War II, the Soviet Union and the USA, who had been allies in the war, started moving towards political and military confrontation. The Soviet Union urgently needed a strategic bomber capable of striking at the USA. Thus, the windfall of three battle-damaged B-29s forced to land in Soviet territory was most welcome. The Soviet Union kept them; a huge reverse-engineering effort ensued, resulting in a Soviet copy of the Superfortress (the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764347977
• ISBN13: 9780764347979
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 11.0"