Very interesting, and thank you for all the information - it's much appreciated! I suppose we'll never have an Il-2 "encyclopedia" with all of those 300 variants detailed, or even the ~100 main ones...
Jason, if you need something to do...
John
Someday, John, someday! I would love to revisit my book on the Il-2. I keep a running list of additions to make to it, and I would love to do a truly comprehensive book where each and every variant is described, textually, and has corresponding line drawings and colour profiles. Again, someday...
Best Regards,
Jason