Single-seat Il-2 recovered from Murmansk lake

[LukeFF]

http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/ilyushin-il-2-sturmovik-raised-from-a-russian-lake.html

 

Amazing thing is that this plane went down in mid-1943, long after single-seater production ended. 

[Dakpilot]

Here's a similar one from 43, but a Normandy Niemen Yak-9

 

http://tass.com/society/1016353

 

Maybe old news.. 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

It's interesting that it also features metal wings, iirc there was one factory that still produced metal wing IL-2s even though the others switched to wooden wings in the mid war.

[Cybermat47]

On 8/10/2018 at 2:03 AM, LukeFF said:

Amazing thing is that this plane went down in mid-1943, long after single-seater production ended. 

 

Perhaps the units operating in Murmansk would have been given low priority for receiving the new models, compared to their counterparts in the Kuban and Rzhev?

[LukeFF]

Update on recovery, including images of propaganda leaflets that survived remarkably intact, and info on the plane's last mission: http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/ilyushin-il-2-shturmovik-recovery-updated-story.html

Edited November 27, 2018 by LukeFF