muspelheim8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

finnish pilots shoot to tail

pollywarrior (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is gold-dust, thank you. :)

Vasiliy1972 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If they will only from the very start doing the planes with two men crew - it would save many lives! It was big mistake doing IL-2 in single mn version. Without any cover at the start of the WAR we lost some thousend of them. Men who fight on these planes are real HEROES.

MikeJhonson555 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I WANNA BUY ONE

Flyfinn38 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

and U could try to hit the big oilcooler under the plane.. and finnish ace hasse wind shot trough the armor of the cockpit from the side..

slickwing (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The IL-2 was constructed of a combination of materials,the wings and rear section of the fusalage being primarily wood,lamenated delta cyprys.The front comprised of tubular steel and sheet metal/armor.

tranmere789 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How did finnish fighter pilots shut down IL-2's. "The Il-2 had really tough armor, and from directly behind you could only eliminate the rear gunner. There were three separate armor plates behind the pilot and the engine. The aircraft flew usually at low level, so the only approach was from above. We attacked their formations from both sides to disperse their defensive fire. From the side and above, one could shoot at a place in the armpit of the Il-2's wing, which normally caught fire. "

DataWaveTaGo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Someone in Russia should study books in the style of William Green ("Warplanes of the Third Reich" - 1971 style) and publish a complete history of Russia's aviation. Too much information is unpublished, or so it seems to me.

nukmus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

not thiicker but they placed the anti-bullet iron plates on a agle that the bullets could not pierce it

4SCARECROWS (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I like this aircraft and also the Komet and the japanese A6M 2 or commonly known by Americans as the Zero. Am I correct to understand that the IL-2 was made of a much thicker metal than any other WW2 aircraft ?