The Richard TOM-1 was a prototypetorpedo-carrying floatplane that was designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s that was not accepted for production. It was a mid-wing monoplane, with twin engines, and twin floats. The empennage consisted of a single tail-plane and three vertical fins.
Kotelnikov, V.; Kulikov, V. & Cony, C. (December 2001). "Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941" [French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (105): 50–56. ISSN 1243-8650.
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"ВМ-01" [ТОМ-1]. Airwar.ru (in Russian). from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
April 10, 2024
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