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Front bomber, Training version and Naval version.

And front bomber sharp three side view.

Actual wing root shape and cockpit shape are little different from model wing root shape and cockpit shape.

And this three side view drawing has no outer wing fence.


[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.airwar.ru/other/shawrov/htmls/glava03.html[/URL]


[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bomber/il54.html[/URL]


This site says that crew are three. But I can see small window behind the pilot. What is this?

"The crew of the aircraft - three people: a pilot, navigator and stern-shooter-radio operator, housed in two (front and rear) hermetic cabs.  The pilot and the navigator entered the plane through a small door on the right side of the fuselage, and the shooter through the lower hatch of his cockpit.  Between the cabs of the navigator and the pilot there was a passage allowing them to communicate with each other in flight.  All crew members jobs had a strong armor protection.  If there is an emergency in the flight, the MPA crew leaves the plane with the help of ejection seats, while the pilot catches up, and the navigator and the shooter - down.  In case of an emergency landing on the water, all crew members could leave the plane through the upper hatches of their cabins and use the automatically disengaged rescue boat LAS-5M.


The defensive armament of the aircraft consisted of three guns, which had a high rate of fire and the power of a second volley.  The front hemisphere was protected by a stationary gun, mounted on the left side of the fuselage.  Two mobile cannons were installed in the stern of a remotely controlled turret, the combat qualities of which were significantly improved in comparison with the previously used defensive installations.  The weight of the maximum bomb load of the IL-54 aircraft is 5000 kg."


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