Editing Ilyushin Il-4 (section)

==Operational history==

=== Soviet Union ===
Although the Il-4 was only a medium bomber, it had the range to be used on strategic missions. The use of the bombers in this role was not a priority for the [[Soviet Air Forces|VVS]], but nevertheless the Il-4 was used on several long-range bombing raids against [[Bombing of Berlin in World War II|Berlin]] in 1941. Most would be used on much shorter range missions, often adding another 1,000&nbsp;kg (2,204&nbsp;lb) of [[bomb]]s under the wings, in addition to the internal 2,500&nbsp;kg (5,512&nbsp;lb){{Citation needed|reason=This claim needs a reliable source, commonly with 2,500 kg is indicated the max bomb load, internal and external|date=October 2020}}.

=== Finland ===
Finland bought four captured DB-3Fs from German stocks. These were given the Finnish Air Force serials DF-22 to DF-25 and flown from [[Bryansk]], [[Russia]] to Finland (one aircraft, DF-22, was destroyed en route and crashed near Syeschtschinskaya airfield). The aircraft were later flown by [[No. 48 Squadron, Finnish Air Force|No. 48 Sqn]] during 1943 (DF-23, DF-24 and DF-25), [[No. 46 Squadron, Finnish Air Force|No. 46 Sqn]] during 1944 (DF-23 and DF-24) and [[No. 45 Squadron, Finnish Air Force|No. 45 Sqn]] for a short time in 1945 (DF-23), until the last remaining serviceable aircraft went into depot on 23 February 1945. After the war, DF-25 was lost in a snowstorm, landed on the ice and crashed into the woods in Öja near the city of [[Kokkola]]. Most parts of the plane were rescued and taken to a depot.<ref>Keskinen et al. 1982, p. 79,94.</ref>