Given the NATO codename 'Bull', the Tu-4 was a direct copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. It first flew in 1947 and was the first Soviet strategic bomber.
A total of 847 were built, some serving until the 1960's.
There are three known survivors, two in China and this sole example in Russia.
c/n 2805103.
Russian Air Force Museum.
Monino, Russia.
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