(WAK)
The model has a East Prussia winter 1944/45 camouflage. Opportunity to perform all the control surfaces as a movable, well-equipped cabin, open the bomb bay. Ability to choose from multiple sets of suspended weapons (bombs, rockets, cannons).
The model has a East Prussia winter 1944/45 camouflage. Opportunity to perform all the control surfaces as a movable, well-equipped cabin, open the bomb bay. Ability to choose from multiple sets of suspended weapons (bombs, rockets, cannons).
Historical information
The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was a ground-attack aircraft in the Second World War, produced by the Soviet Union in very large numbers.
With 36,183 examples of the Il-2 produced during the war, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history.
As well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the American postwar civilian Cessna 172 and the Soviet Union's own Polikarpov Po-2 Kukuruznik biplane, itself sometimes seen side-by-side with the big armored Ilyushin monoplane on the front lines.
Il-2 production 1944 "wing with arrow" referred in West as "Il-2M3" or "Il-2 Type 3". As more duralumin became available for the Soviet aviation industry, the Il-2 received a set of all-metal wing panels. At the same time, the outer wing planform was swept back, with a straight trailing edge, since the centre of gravity was shifted rearwards after the gunner was added. The wing planform change regained controllability of the two-seat Il-2 back to level of the single-seat Il-2.
