Armament                                                      Bombs, (3000Kgs)
                                                                       Two 23-mm cannon in tail                                                                                                                                      Two cannon in nose

Weight:                                                            empty 11890 kg

Maximum Takeoff  Weight:                              21200 kg

Ceiling:                                                            12,300 m

Speed                                                              902 km/h at 4500 m [maximum]
                                                                         800 km/h at sea level
                                                                         876 km/h cruising speed at optimum altitude
Range:                                                              2400 km at 10000 m
                                                                         1135 km at 1000 m

Number                                                            4 (two were trainers)

This aircraft was the equivalent of the Canberra. It had the same Klimov engines as the Mig 17. The Klimov VK-1 was the first Soviet jet engine to see significant production. It was derived from the British Rolls-Royce_Nene . Rolls-Royce were allowed to sell a number of them to the Soviets, widely regarded as a bad move, but pushed through by Sir Stafford Cripps. The Soviets promptly reverse-engineered them and produced the Klimov in huge numbers.

Two of the IL-28 were trainers and Russian crews had been retained to fly them and to train the Yemenised