Ilyushin Il-2 Bark / Sturmovik

I M A G E S
Il-10.JPG	16453 bytes	Il-10 replaced Il-2 on production lines by 1944. Aircraft had a greater speed, maneuverability and armor protection than its predecessor. Below 2000 meters the speed of Il-10 was only 10-15 km/h less that of Me-109G-2 and FW-109A-4. First Il-10s appeared in the sky of the eastern front in October 1944.
Il-2.JPG	21658 bytes	Sturmovik Il-2. Altogether 36,163 Il-2s were produced between 1941 and 1944. Stalin's message to directors of aviation plants producing Il-2 included: "Il-2s needed by Red Army as air, as bread". Il-2 were used in air-to-air combat against Ju-52s near Dem'yansk and Stalingrad. Among defensive armament Il-2 had ten airborne retarded grenades AG-2.
il-2_1.jpg	118882 bytes	b/w Il-2 camouflaged on ground
il-2_2.jpg	48195 bytes	b/w Il-2 before a mission
il-2_3.jpg	60177 bytes	b/w muddy but sturdy Il-2
il-2_4.jpg	133150 bytes	b/w line of Il-2s on ground
il-2_5.jpg	117337 bytes	b/w Il-2 with prop running on ground
il-2_6.jpg	63282 bytes	b/w Il-2s in the air
il10.jpg	17908 bytes	Ilyushin Il-10 'Beast'
RP-il2m3.jpg	46221 bytes	Ilyushin Il-2m3 from the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw

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