The Ilyushin Il-28 was a Soviet twin-engine jet bomber, one of the first mass-produced jet bombers in the world. Designed under Sergei Ilyushin, it entered service in the early 1950s and was exported widely, used by the air forces of many Warsaw Pact and non-aligned countries, and was built in China as the Harbin H-5. NATO gave it the reporting name Beagle. It was used in a number of conflicts, and in 1962, the presence of Il-28 bombers in Cuba was part of the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the Soviet Union agreeing to withdraw them. The aircraft's design was simple and reliable, and some stayed in service for decades.
Before and after
- 5 June 1948Construction of National Diet Library
- from 16 June 1948 to 12 July 1960Malayan Emergency
- from 23 June 1948 to 12 May 1949Berlin Blockade
- 5 July 1948The National Health Service begins in Britain
- 8 July 1948First flight of Ilyushin Il-28
- 26 July 1948Executive Order 9981
- 29 July 1948The Stoke Mandeville Games for disabled athletes
- 23 August 1948Founding of World Council of Churches
- 24 August 1948Birth of Sauli Niinistö
More in Science & technology
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1973Mobile phone
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.