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This production list is presented to you by the editorial team of "Soviet Transports" and is the production list as available per July 2009. Additions and corrections are welcome at [email protected] Ilyushin Il-12 The order from the Kremlin that a passenger transport be designed and built to 1987 made the amazing discovery of over twenty military examples stored in a replace the Lisunov Li-2 (the licence-built Douglas DC-3) dates from 1943; it fell walled compound at Yichang. to the Ilyushin design bureau to produce such a machine and thus it was that the Production was centred on factory # 30 in Moscow (named "Znamya Truda" - Il-12 was born. Banner of Labour). The total number built is 663, which comprised five test It made its first flight on 15 August 1945, but by this time it had already been aircraft and 658 production models - 184 built in 1947, 258 in 1948 and 217 in decided that many modifications were needed and the "new" version took to the 1949. About 50 Il-12s were modernised to Il-14 standard in 1956. Those Il-12s skies for the first time on 9 January 1946. It was displayed to the public for the not destined for Aeroflot or export almost certainly saw service with the Soviet first time at Tushino on 18 August 1946 and almost exactly one year later, on 22 Air Force which used the Il-12D assault version which was equipped with 37 August 1947, the type entered service with Aeroflot. canvas seats rather than the normal 27 airline seats. This version could also be Aeroflot is believed to have operated about 236 with others being delivered to equipped to take a 3 ton load or 16 stretcher cases. Individually identified aircraft non-airline operators. They were used on a large number of domestic routes are sadly few, and it seems most unlikley that any more details will now come to throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s, some of which were quite remarkable light, but we would like to be proved wrong. in their length and duration, an example being Moscow - Vladivostok, with a total There are no extant flying Il-12s. Museum exhibits can be found at Monino and of nine stops on the way and a flying time of 33 hours. The Il-12 had the Changping (near Beijing), and instructional airframes are thought still to exist at distinction of being the first Soviet type to operate scheduled international the Tianjin Technical School (very poor condition in 2001) and at Slavyansk in services to the West when in 1954 it was introduced on services linking Moscow the Ukraine (good condition in 1999). with Stockholm and Paris. Limited exports were achieved, at that time of course only to 'friendly' countries, Of the first aircraft built the five figure c/n probably indicates the factory number and both Poland and Czechoslovakia took delivery of small fleets for their (30) and a sequence number of the aircraft. Later this system was changed to national airlines starting in 1949. The Romanian government also purchased an the more common c/n system we know, showing year of manufacture, factory Il-12 which eventually saw out its days with Tarom. China was another customer number (30), batch number and number in the batch. Then again in 1948 it and kept the type in service longer than any other country. Whilst Aeroflot is seems the system was changed and the theory of the construction number is believed to have withdrawn the type in 1965, the Chinese state airline CAAC was year of manufacture, factory number (30), an internal product code (izdeliye 1) found to be still flying one in 1985, and a group of enthusiasts visiting China in followed by the batch number and number in the batch. 663 Il-12 built by Moscow Machinery Plant No. 30 "Znamya Truda", Moscow-Khodynka from 1945 to 1949 01 ? no reg Il-12 Ilyushin OKB f/f 15aug45 first prototype; powered by two ACh-31 diesel engines; ground trials started 08jun45, taxi trials started 12jul45; received two ASh-82FN engines in late 1945; f/f with them 09jan46; underwent state trials at GosNII GVF 01jul/16sep46 (64 hours, 52 cycles) not known Il-12 Aeroflot h/o early47 opb 1 oag GVF at VKO for service trials; took part in air parade above Red Square 01may47 02 ? not known Il-12 Aeroflot h/o early47 opb 1 oag GVF at VKO for service trials; took part in air parade above Red Square 01may47 03 ? not known Il-12 Aeroflot h/o early47 opb 1 oag GVF at VKO for service trials; took part in air parade above Red Square 01may47 04 ? not known Il-12 Aeroflot h/o early47 opb 1 oag GVF at VKO for service trials; took part in air parade above Red Square 01may47 05 ? not known Il-12 Aeroflot h/o early47 opb 1 oag GVF at VKO for service trials; took part in air parade above Red Square 01may47 30 013 CCCP-L1307 Il-12 SibNIA 1948 test flights 30 034 not known Il-12T Soviet Air Force f/f 01jul47 Il-12T prototype; converted on the basis of a government decree issued 11mar47; equipped for towing Ts-25 cargo gliders; underwent state trials 30jul/29sep47 30 064 not known Il-12T Soviet Air Force converted to Il-12T on the basis of a government decree issued 11mar47; equipped for transporting paratroopers; also used for trials as auxiliary bomber 30 100 CCCP-04250 Il-12 AFL/Polar photo in fleet list 03dec61/1964; photo with 'Polyarnya Aviatsiya' titles available; wfu 24jul65; was preserved on a playground in in Kiev 30 147 ? CCCP-L1411 Il-12 Aeroflot VKO c/n from photo but difficult to read ! 30 171 not known Il-12D first production Il-12D; state trials started aug48 30 172 not known Il-12 quoted in test reports 30 174 not known Il-12 quoted in test reports 30 179 not known Il-12 Ilyushin OKB started factory trials of a new stabilizer and a new hydraulics system 23mar48 and factory trials of a new fin and the new AV-9-91 props 26may48 30 191 not known Il-12 Ilyushin OKB started factory trials of a new de-icing system 19feb48 30 204 not known Il-12 quoted in test reports 30 218 "10" red Il-12T Soviet Air Force Mon apr91 c/n in Monino book; preserved in the Air Force museum at Monino, l/n aug08 8 30 23 25 no code Il-12D Soviet Air Force photo with UTK-1 dorsal turret; in natural metal c/s not known Il-12T Soviet Air Force photo now without dorsal turret; fitted out for icing research with sensors on forward fuselage sides and flight-deck roof; with 'lightning-bolt' cheatline and 'winged star' emblem on nose-cone CCCP-27215 Il-12 MOMS Orenburg MSZ rgd 06dec65 canx 20dec65 8 30 24 16 "53" blue Il-12T Soviet Air Force photo at Borisoglebsk-3 in winter 1962; opb 478 uap 25 05 35140 Il-12 Chinese Air Force jan90 preserved at the China Aviation Museum at Shahezhen AFB (Changping); l/n oct05 5116 Il-12 Chinese Air Force oct06 preserved at the China Aviation Museum at Shahezhen AFB (Changping) in these fake markings, l/n may09 8 30 27 10 "32" red Il-12T Soviet Air Force 8 301 29 04 OK-CBA Il-12B CSA d/d 11mar49 i/s 17jun49; wfu 03jan59; canx 29feb60 ? 8 301 29 07 CCCP-L1730 Il-12B SibNIA mfd dec48 tested to destruction; photo in Aeroflot c/s 8 301 29 16 OK-CBF Il-12B CSA d/d 11mar49 i/s 17jun49; damaged at PRG in 1951, but repaired; wfu 05may54; canx 03jan59 ? 9 301 32 01 CCCP-L1784 Il-12 NII GVF 1949 test flights 301 33 19 CCCP-L1819 Il-12B Aeroflot HEL apr56 with AFL/Urals-SVX sep58 9 301 35 01 SP-LHA Il-12B LOT rgd 07sep49 canx 27sep59; trf to Polish Air Force 9 301 35 02 SP-LHB Il-12B LOT d/d 17jul49 rgd 23aug49; initially used for training; canx 25sep59; trf to Polish Air Force 9 301 35 03 YR-PCC Il-12-11 Romanian Governm. rgd 29sep49 VIP aircraft; 'PCC' means 'Party Central Committee'; canx 06jan57; reg later re-used on Il-14 c/n 146001010 YR-ILX Il-12 TAROM rgd 28feb57 canx 15oct64 9 301 35 04 SP-LHD Il-12B LOT rgd 04nov49 canx 19jun59; trf to Polish Air Force 9 301 35 05 SP-LHE Il-12B LOT rgd 24nov49 damaged in 1950 during a forced landing following an engine fire; stored for two years awaiting repair, returned to Factory # 30 for repair; canx 07oct52 9 301 35 06 SP-LHC Il-12B LOT rgd 17dec49 dbr 18jul52 on landing at Warsaw; canx 23dec53 9 301 35 13 OK-DBB Il-12B CSA d/d 1949 i/s 19jul50; wfu 19nov59 ?; canx 29feb60 9 301 35 14 OK-DBC Il-12B CSA d/d 1949 i/s 09aug50; wfu 19nov59 ?; canx 29feb60 9 301 35 15 OK-DBD Il-12B CSA d/d 1949 i/s 30may50 SP-LHF Il-12B LOT lsd 03jul52 canx 08mar53 but aircraft returned to CSA earlier OK-DBD Il-12B CSA ret 26nov52 photo LHR 01aug57; wfu 13jun60 9 301 35 16 OK-DBG Il-12B CSA d/d 18oct50 used as cargo aircraft later on; wfu 03feb60; canx ? 29feb60 9 301 35 17 OK-DBP Il-12B CSA d/d 07feb51 w/o 24nov56 (04nov56 ?) when crashed at Egislau near Zürich 9 301 35 18 OK-DBU Il-12B CSA d/d 27feb51 used as cargo aircraft later on; wfu 28nov59; canx ? 29feb60 9 301 35 19 OK-DBW Il-12B CSA d/d 25mar51 wfu 20mar59 OK-DBW Il-12B CSSDL trf 20mar59 converted to navaids calibration aircraft; wfu jun60, later scrapped at Prague 9 301 36 01 OK-DBN Il-12B CSA d/d 23dec50 wfu 30jun60; in use as club-house at Hostivice, later scrapped 9 303 37 11 CCCP-48971 Il-12D MRP Solnechnoye rgd 16may66 canx 12jan67 9 303 37 19 CCCP-N440 (2) Il-12D Polyarnaya Aviats.