The Il-14 flew in prototype form in 1952 and over 3,500 were built in the Soviet Union in a variety of versions for passenger transport, and in military variants for trooping or cargo transport. The military Il-14s had strengthened floors, large double doors for freight loading in the port side rear fuselage, and observation blisters for use by the controller during employment as a paratroop transport. The NATO reporting name for the type is 'Crate'.
East Germany and Czechoslovakia built the Il-14 under licence from 1956 and when Soviet production terminated in 1958, Czechoslovak development and production continued into the 1960s. Il-14s served with the airlines of the Soviet bloc and with those of other countries, while it formed the military equipment of all the Soviet Union's allies plus Algeria, Egypt, India and Yugoslavia. The type is still used widely in the Soviet Union for freight transport..."
Courtesy: aeronautics.ru
