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IL-2 Sturmovik Pilot Training Manual

IL-2 Sturmovik Pilot Training Manual

A 1942 IL-2 Sturmovik Pilot Training Manual in Russian

Flying Tank - NATO Name "Bark"

The Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik was a ground attack aircraft in the Second World War, produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers. In combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 36,163 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in all of aviation history as well as the third most produced aircraft in history behind the Cessna 172 and the Polikarpov Po-2. It was a prominent aircraft for tank killing with its accuracy in dive bombing.

To Shturmovik pilots, the aircraft was simply the diminutive "Ilyusha". To the soldiers on the ground, it was the "Hunchback," the "Flying Tank" or, the greatest of compliments, the "Flying Infantryman", the postwar NATO reporting name was "Bark". The Il-2 aircraft played a crucial role on the Eastern Front, and in Soviet opinion it was the most decisive aircraft in the history of modern land warfare. Joseph Stalin paid the Il-2 a great tribute in his own inimitable manner: when a particular production factory fell behind on its deliveries, Stalin sent a cable to the factory manager, stating "They are as essential to the Red Army as air and bread."

WARNING - DOCUMENT IS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ONLY!

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SKU SKU162912
Quantity in stock 1000 item(s) available
Author
File Size 2.76 MB
Number of Pages 86
Published/Revised 1942
Publisher USSR - Soviet Union
Quality Good
Region General
Time Period World War II
 
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