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| - It was a reverse-engineered copy of the U.S.-made B-29's.
- In the early months of World War III, the Soviet Union made the most of the fact that the Tupolev Tu-4 was identical to the American B-29 Superfortress by painting their Tu-4s to look like B-29s. This scheme was most effectively used on March 2, 1951, when several disguised Tu-4s dropped atomic bombs on the American west, including the cities of Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Denver. Tu-4s also bombed Bangor, Maine and a location in Newfoundland waw also attacked. The scheme wasn't always fool-proof: Tu-4s headed for Spokane and Las Vegas were successfully downed by U.S. jets. Moreover, only one bomber crew actually made it back to the Soviet Union, with the rest having to land on nearby air fields and surrender, and others having to bail out near the cit
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| - It was a reverse-engineered copy of the U.S.-made B-29's.
- In the early months of World War III, the Soviet Union made the most of the fact that the Tupolev Tu-4 was identical to the American B-29 Superfortress by painting their Tu-4s to look like B-29s. This scheme was most effectively used on March 2, 1951, when several disguised Tu-4s dropped atomic bombs on the American west, including the cities of Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Denver. Tu-4s also bombed Bangor, Maine and a location in Newfoundland waw also attacked. The scheme wasn't always fool-proof: Tu-4s headed for Spokane and Las Vegas were successfully downed by U.S. jets. Moreover, only one bomber crew actually made it back to the Soviet Union, with the rest having to land on nearby air fields and surrender, and others having to bail out near the cities they'd just bombed and being subjected to civilian vengeance. Still, the Soviets continued to employ the tactic, with the help of IFF, successfully bombing Bordeaux in May and Paris in June. This article is a stub because the work is part of a larger, as-of-yet incomplete series.
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