Hi,
I've obtained some screenshots from a wartime movie
Some considerations:
It is an Il-2 with metal wings and wooden rear fuselage, probably built in z.18.
There is an external aiming device of the curved type on the engine cowling, and the reflective gunsight in the cockpit.
Reinforcing bands are visible on the rear fuselage; the sliding hood of the canopy has slightly reduced armor on its sides, suggesting an early production plane; on the other hand, the metal wings with VYa-23 mm guns were introduced in late 1941 or early 1942; this suggests that this Shturmovik was modified with pieces of other planes and then repainted.
The camo pattern is unusual for its predominance of green over black and for the low demarcation line with blue undersurfaces; besides the red stars are unusually small and don't have the thin white outline that is a characteristic mark of the planes built in z.18 in that time.
Here is a drawing:
Any comments?
Jason, do you want this drawing for the book?
Regards
Massimo