The ASCC (NATO) reporting name was “Crate”.
 
The IL-14 was designed and built by the Ilyushin Construction Bureau. Also noted for the Ilyushin –2 Shturmovik. The Shturmovik was one of the most efficient and decisive weapons of WWII (36,163 were built).

To rectify deficiencies of its predecessor, the IL-12, the IL-14 turned out to be a major redesign. The first prototype was flown by V. K. Kokkinaki, July15, 1950, and the type went into service on November 30, 1954.

Between 1122 and 1276 (sources vary) aircraft were built, including 80 by VEB Dresden in what was East Germany and 203 by Avia in Czechoslovakia. All but a few of the remainder were built in Tashkent in what was then the Soviet Union. Today, this factory is still producing Ilyushins, the IL-76.

The IL-14 was the first Soviet aircraft widely exported to 31 countries. It pioneered many new routes for Aeroflot and it is one of the few aircraft that have seen regular service within the frigid zones north and south of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles respectively.