Petlyakov Pe-2
Sign in to saveAlso known as Peshka, Buck, Pekka-Eemeli, Pe-2 Peshka, Pe-2
Soviet dive bomber aircraft
Key facts
- Type
- Dive bomber
- National origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Plant No.22 ( Kazan ), Plant No.39 ( Moscow ), Plant No.124 ( Kazan ), Plant No.125 ( Irkutsk )
- Designer
- V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau
- Primary users
- Soviet Air Force Polish Air Force , Czechoslovak Air Force , Bulgarian Air Force
- Number built
- 11,070 (+ 360 Pe-3)
- Manufactured
- December 1940 - December 1945
- Introduction date
- March 1941
- First flight
- 22 December 1939 (VI-100)
- Retired
- 1951 ( Soviet Air Force ), 1957 ( Polish Air Force )
- Variant
- Petlyakov Pe-3
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dive bomber
- Operator
- Soviet Air Forces
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Developer
- Vladimir Petlyakov
- Manufacturer
- Kazan Aircraft Production Association
- Designed by
- Vladimir Petlyakov
- Image
- Pe-2-2004.jpg
- Height
- 3.5
- Length
- 12.66
- Has use
- multi-role combat aircraft
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- Commons category
- Petlyakov Pe-2
- powered by
- Klimov M-105
- armament
- unguided bomb
- NATO reporting name
- Buck
- total produced
- 11427
- first flight
- 1939-12-22
- service entry
- 1941-00-00
- service retirement
- 1954-00-00
- wingspan
- 17.16
- maximum operating altitude
- 8800
- native label
- Пе-2
- wing area
- 40.5
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Encyclopedic overview
The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Russian: Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war, it also proved successful as a heavy fighter, as a night fighter (Pe-3 variant) and as a reconnaissance aircraft. The Pe-2 was, numerically, the most important Soviet bomber of World War II, at their peak comprising 75% of the Soviet twin-engine bomber force. The Soviets manufactured Pe-2s in greater numbers (11,430 built) during the war than any other twin-engine combat aircraft except for the German Junkers Ju 88 and the British Vickers Wellington. Several Soviet bloc air forces flew the type after the war, when it became known by the NATO reporting name Buck.
Development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petlyakov Pe-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.