[Milsurplus] Re: Russian "B-29"...

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

> tests (and ultimately lost to a crash).  The third they took apart,
> rivet-by-rivet and used the parts to prepare drawings for manufacture.
> He said the copies were so exact that the Russian-made engines caught
> on fire just as often as the US-made ones did.  (engine fires were a
> serious shortcoming of the B-29)  

The one they copied also had a large patch on one side, low down near the 
front on the left side which covered some battle damage. They even copied 
that, so that all their B-29 copies have a patch low down on the left side near 
the front.

Innersting.

Ken W7EKB