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Be-6 at Ukrainian State Aviation Museum | |
Role | Maritime reconnaissance and patrol aircraft |
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Manufacturer | Beriev OKB |
First flight | 1949 |
Retired | Late 1960s |
Primary users | Soviet Navy People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force |
Produced | 1949–57 |
Number built | 123 |
Developed into | Beriev Be-12 |
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It could access remote atolls in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, claimed by several bordering nations, as the South China Sea is subjected to territorial disputes. It can fly in four hours from the southern city of Sanya to James Shoal, the southernmost edge of China's territorial claims.
LL-143: Prototype of Be-6 with Shvetsov ASh-72 radial engines; nose, beam, ventral and tail positions for a total of six 12.7mm UBT machine guns. Maiden Flight in March 1945.
In the Pacific, Colonel Neel E. Kearby of the Fifth Air Force claimed 22 Japanese aircraft and was awarded the Medal of Honor