Tu-4P Chinese night fighter version

[Airborne2001]

A really interesting one is the Tu-4P:

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Did you know that in the 1960s China used the Soviet copy of the B-29 to intercept CIA B-17 and P-2 Spy Flights from Taiwan? - The Aviation Geek Club

Did you know that in the 1960s China used the Soviet copy of the B-29 to intercept CIA Spy Flights from Taiwan?

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Tu-4P Giant Night Fighter

The 4th Independent Regiment came into existence with the delivery of 10 TU-4 BULL propeller medium bombers to Peking in February 1953. In following years three more of these aircraft were acquired from the Soviets

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This was a Chinese conversion of the Tu-4 into a giant night fighter.

 

[Temistocle]

A really interesting one is the Tu-4P:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/sk8k2w/chinese_gunship_tu4p_night_fighter_yes_youre

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Did you know that in the 1960s China used the Soviet copy of the B-29 to intercept CIA B-17 and P-2 Spy Flights from Taiwan? - The Aviation Geek Club

Did you know that in the 1960s China used the Soviet copy of the B-29 to intercept CIA Spy Flights from Taiwan?

theaviationgeekclub.com

Tu-4P Giant Night Fighter

The 4th Independent Regiment came into existence with the delivery of 10 TU-4 BULL propeller medium bombers to Peking in February 1953. In following years three more of these aircraft were acquired from the Soviets

www.globalsecurity.org

This was a Chinese conversion of the Tu-4 into a giant night fighter.

More info here:

Chinese Tupolev Tu-2 and Tu-4 night-fighters

 

[linbug]

According to the recollections of personnel from Taiwan's Air Force 34th Squadron, this type of Tu-4 was named "Shadow Aircraft" by the U.S. military at the time, and the modified radar was called "Mushroom."

 

[Archibald]

The PLAAF vs ROCAF / CIA air war was pretty wild and weird... almost got B-17s dueling with Tu-4s ! Air battles between Boeing WWII bombers, WDF.

Secret CIA overflights of China using converted Neptunes

The little-known RB-69A was used by the CIA and Republic of China Air Force to mount covert overflights across the mainland of communist China. Dr Kevin Wright explores the career of the USAF type

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