List of Pe-8 aircraft

The Petlyakov Pe-8 data list contains numerous, tabulated information on the heavy four-engine Soviet long-range bomber Petlyakov Pe-8 (TB-7). The Pe-8 was the only bomber of its configuration in the Soviet Air Force during the Second World War and was in service with them from September 1939 to August 1946. Although only 93 machines of the type were built, the Pe-8 had a prominent role in the Red Army's struggle against the Axis powers .

Production list of all Pe-8s built according to the date of construction

Year of construction (s)	Work number (s)	Remarks	total
1936	4201	1. Prototype	1
1938	4202 (385D)	2. prototype	1
1939	4211, 4212	AM-34FRNW and AZN-2, converted to AM-35A	2
1940	4213, 4214	AM-34FRNW and AZN-2, converted to AM-35A	2
	4215	AM-35, converted to AM-35A	1
	4216	AM-34FRNW and AZN-2, converted to AM-35A	1
	4217, 4218 4219, 4220 4221, 4222	AM-35, converted to AM-35A	6th
	4223, 4224	AM-35A ex works	2
	4225	M-40, converted to AM-35A	1
	4226	AM-35A ex works	1
	4227	M-40, converted to AM-35A	1
	42015	AM-35A ex works	1
1941	42025	M-40F, converted to M-30	1
	42035	M-40F, converted to AM-35A	1
	42045	M-40F ex works	1
	42055	M-30 ex works	1
	42016, 42026 42036, 42046	M-40F ex works	4th
	42056	M-30 ex works	1
	42066, 42076 42086, 42096 42106	M-30, converted to AM-35A	5
	42017, 42027 42037	AM-35A ex works	3
1942	42047	ASch-82 ex works	1
	42057, 42067 42077, 42087 42097, 42107 42018, 42028	AM-35A ex works	8th
	42038	ATsch-30B ex works	1
	42048	AM-35A ex works	1
	42058	ASch-82 ex works	1
	42068, 42078 42088, 42098 42108, 42019	AM-35A ex works	6th
	42029, 42039	ATsch-30B ex works	2
1943	42049, 42059 42069, 42079 42089, 42099 42109, 42110 42210, 42310	ASch-82 ex works, from 42110 series with new fuselage nose	10
	42410	ASch-82FN, with reinforced cell for 7 tons of bomb load	1
	42510, 42610 42710, 42810 42910, 421010 42111	ASch-82 ex works	7th
1944	42211, 42311 42411, 42511 42611, 42711 42811, 42911 421011, 42112, 42212 42312, 42412 42512	ASch-82 ex works	14th
	42612, 42712	ATsch-30B ex works, version ON (Особого Назначения, "for special use")	2
	42812, 42912	ATsch-30B ex works	2
total		(including two prototypes)	93

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List of all completed Pe-8s by years

Construction year	Manufactured Pe-8
1936	1
1938	1
1939	2
1940	16
1941	17th
1942	20th
1943	18th
1944	18th
All in all	93

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List of Pe-8s with specific engine types ex works

Engine type	Number of Pe-8
Mikulin AM-34FRN and Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs (AZN-1)	1
Mikulin AM-34FRNW and Klimow M-100A (AZN-2)	6th
Mikulin AM-35	7th
Mikulin AM-35A	22nd
Charomsky M-40	2
Charomsky M-40F	7th
Charomsky M-30	7th
Schwezow ASch-82	34
Charomsky ATSch-30B	7th

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List of Pe-8s with original engine types that have been converted to AM-35A

Factory installed motor type	Number of Pe-8 with conversion
Mikulin AM-34FRNW and AZN-2	6th
Mikulin AM-35	7th
Charomsky M-40	2
Charomsky M-40F	1
Charomsky M-30	5
All in all	21st

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List of total losses of the Pe-8

• Remarks:

Number in bold: loss during combat.

Letter J : Shot down by an enemy fighter plane.

† in front of the name of the commander: incident not survived.

Dead and fallen: When people die in combat, they talk about the fallen. If death was caused by a catastrophe or accident, we speak of dead.

• Definitions:

Kill: Loss of an aircraft through direct enemy action.

Disaster: Loss of aircraft resulting in death for individual crew members.

Disaster: aircraft loss that all crew members survived.

Breakage: The aircraft can still be repaired after damage.

year	number	date	root cause	unit	Work number	commander	Victim
1940	1	December	catastrophe	14. TBAP	4216		Six dead
1941	2	June 22	Bombs	14. TBAP	4211
	3	June 22	Bombs	14. TBAP	4213
	4th	June 22	Bombs	14. TBAP	4219
	5	June 22	Bombs	14. TBAP	4220
	6th	June 22	Bombs	14. TBAP	4223
	7th	August 11th	Launch	432. DBAP	42045	Tyagunin	Five fallen
	8th	August 11th	catastrophe	432. DBAP	42046	Yegorov	Six dead
	9	August 11th	Launch	432. DBAP	42026	† Panfilov	Six fallen
	10	August 11th	emergency landing	432. DBAP	42036	Vodopyanov	all survived
	11	August 11th	emergency landing	432. DBAP	42016	Kurban	all survived
	12	October, 16th	catastrophe	432. DBAP	4222	† Fedorenko	Eleven dead
	13	October 29th	emergency landing	432. DBAP	42025	Peregudow	all survived
	14th	November 8th	Average	432. DBAP	4224	Tyagunin	all survived
1942	15th	March 31	catastrophe	746. DBAP	42055	† Ugryumov MM	Seven dead
	16	May 3rd	crash	746. DBAP	42017	† Yegorov	Ten dead
	17th	May 29th	Average	746. DBAP	42035	Kurban	all survived
	18th	July	Average	746. DBAP	4227		all survived
	19th	20th of July	crash	746. DBAP	42106	† Bidny	Eight dead
	20th	August 22nd	written off		42026
	21st	August 22nd	written off		42096
	22nd	August 28th		746. DBAP	42086	† Kiryanov	Six dead
	23	August 30th	emergency landing	890. DBAP	42018	Kubyshko	all missed
	24	13.september	catastrophe	890. DBAP	42027	† Masalev	Two dead
	25th	28th of October	catastrophe	746. DBAP	42015	Ponomarenko	Five dead
	26th	December 1	catastrophe	890. DBAP	42068	† Pachomchik	Eight dead
1943	27	February 9	Kill J	746. DBAP	42107	Ishchenko	A fallen
	28	March 13th	Average	890. DBAP	42087
	29	April 5th	catastrophe	890. DBAP	42108	Dyachenko	Six dead
	30th	May 13th	Launch	890. DBAP	42037	Sukorkin	Three fallen
	31	31. May	Average	890. DBAP	4215	Belkov	all survived
	32	June 9th	Launch	890. DBAP	42048	Rodnych	Six missing people
	33	23rd June	Launch	890. DBAP	42079	Shamrai	Six dead, four missing
	34	15th of July	Kill J	890. DBAP	42069	Suschin	Seven fallen
	35	21 July	Kill J	746. DBAP	42049	Ugryumov AS	Twelve fallen
	36	21 July	Launch	746. DBAP	42058	Ponomarenko	all returned
	37	21 July	Kill J	890. DBAP	42109	Vikharev	Three fallen
	38	July 23	Kill J	890. DBAP	42019	Nemkov	Two dead, six missing
	39	29th of July	catastrophe	890. DBAP	42110	† Kanarski	Eleven dead
	40	August 19th	Average	890. DBAP	4212		all survived
	41	August 28th	Kill J	890. DBAP	42510	Vikharev	Five fallen
	42	16th September	Kill J	890. DBAP	42097	Yermakov	Seven missing people
	43	October 7th	emergency landing	746. DBAP	42066	Selensky	all survived
	44	October 22nd	crash	25. GwBAP	42077	Churilin
	45		Average		4201 (ANT-42)
1944	46	27th of February	Launch	25. GwBAP	421010	† Ugryumov AS	all missed
	47	March 31	Kill J	890. DBAP	42098	Kokerew	all missed
	48	May 4th	catastrophe	890. DBAP	42078	Marusichenko	A dead one
	49	June 28th	Kill J	890. DBAP	42211	Makarenko	all survived
	50	June 28th	Launch	25. GwBAP	42088	Sugak
	51	July 13th	Average	890. DBAP	4214	Otkidach	all survived
	52	July 27th	Launch	25. GwBAP	42028	Khoroshilov
	53	August 2nd	Launch	25. GwBAP	42512	Grjasnow	Seven fallen
1945	54	12th September	catastrophe	25. GwBAP	42811	† Ishchenko	Eleven dead
	55		catastrophe			Emelyanov	all dead
1947	56	June 7th	emergency landing			Chervichny	all survived
	57		emergency landing			Swonaryev	all survived

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List of all Pe-8s still in existence at the end of the war

number	Work number	comment
1	4202, 385D	Returned to the troops after a major overhaul. Ready for action.
2	4218	ready to fight
3	4221
4th	4225	Stand in Plant No. 22 for major overhaul.
5	42076	ready to fight
6th	42057	Stand in Plant No. 22 for major overhaul.
7th	42067
8th	42038
9	42029
10	42039
11	42059
12	42089
13	42099
14th	42210
15th	42310
16	42410
17th	42610
18th	42710
19th	42810
20th	42910
21st	42111
22nd	42311
23	42411
24	42511	ready to fight
25th	42611	ready to fight
26th	42711
27	42811	ready to fight
28	42911
29	421011
30th	42112	ready to fight
31	42212	ready to fight
32	42312	ready to fight
33	42412	ready to fight
34	42612	Petlyakov Pe-8 ON, presumably not delivered to the troops.
35	42712	Petlyakov Pe-8 ON, presumably not delivered to the troops.
36	42812	Probably not delivered to the troops.
37	42912	Probably not delivered to the troops.

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Armament configuration of the TB-7 in August 1941

component	Bow stand	Central stand	Motor gondola stand	Rear stand
Mount	Rotating tower NEB (Носовая Электрическая Башня - bow tower electrical design)	Turret TAT (Тяжелая Авиационная Турель - heavy aeronautical mount)	SchU gondola stand (Шассийная Установка - frame installation)	Tower KEB (Кормовая Электрическая Башня - electrical stern tower)
Weapons)	Twin SchKAS with caliber 7.62 mm	Automatic cannon SchWAK with 20 mm caliber	UBT machine gun with 12.7 mm caliber	Automatic cannon SchWAK with 20 mm caliber
Ammunition supply	3200 rounds (106 kg)	200 shots (46 kg)	2 times 400 shots (134 kg)	230 shots (53 kg)

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literature

• М. А. Маслов: "Летающие крепости" Сталина. Бомбардировщик Пе-8. Коллекция Яуза ЭКСМО Москва 2009, ISBN 978-5-699-36247-9 .
• Ulrich Unger: Pe-8 - The Soviet long-range bomber. Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-89488-048-1 .
• В. Г. Ригмант: Тяжёлый Бомбардировщик Пе-8 (ТБ-7). В виде брошюры в Авиаколлекция Июля 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ М. А. Маслов: "Летающие крепости" Сталина. Бомбардировщик Пе-8. 2009, pp. 119-120.
2. ↑ М. А. Маслов: "Летающие крепости" Сталина. Бомбардировщик Пе-8. 2009, p. 119.
3. ↑ М. А. Маслов: "Летающие крепости" Сталина. Бомбардировщик Пе-8. 2009, p. 119.
4. ↑ М. А. Маслов: "Летающие крепости" Сталина. Бомбардировщик Пе-8. 2009, p. 119.
5. ^ Ulrich Unger: Pe-8 - The Soviet long-range bomber. 1993, pp. 222-223.
6. ^ Ulrich Unger: Pe-8 - The Soviet long-range bomber. 1993, p. 224.
7. ^ Ulrich Unger: Pe-8 - The Soviet long-range bomber. 1993, p. 215.