Petlyakov Pe-2

The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck)Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1955-56 p. 188 was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war,Ethell 1996, p. 152. it also proved successful as a heavy fighter, as a night fighter (Petlyakov Pe-3 variant) and as a reconnaissance aircraft.Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. World Aircraft: World War II, Volume II (Sampson Low Guides). Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. ISBN 0-562-00096-8. p. 234. 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.Smith, Peter C. Petlyakov Pe-2 'Peshka'. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press, 2003. ISBN 1-86126-588-3. pp. 155. 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.Gunston, Bill. Aircraft of World War 2. London, Octopus book limited, 1980. ISBN 0-7064-1287-7. p. 173. Several communist air forces flew the type after the war, when it became known by the NATO reporting name Buck.
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