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successful flight of , using a Tupolev TB-1 mothership and two Tupolev I-4 fighters mounted on top of the wings, took place on 3 December 1931. An error in the sequence of opening the latches by the bomber crew resulted in one of the fighters prematurely separating, but the TB-1 - with an I-4 still attached to one of the wings - remained in controlled flight and the second fighter was soon uneventfully deployed. After latch control was fully moved onto the fighters,

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