Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik

 

Updated on January 23, 2024

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Il-2 evolution table
 

Il-2 prototypes:

TsKB-55, TsKB-57, TsKB-55P, Il-2M-82, Il-2bis, Il-2 with UTK-1

Il-2 prewar-built single-seater

(unofficial designation; model 1941 early)

Il-2 wartime-built single-seater

(unofficial designation: model 1941 late)

Il-2 single seater with VYa-23 guns

(unofficial designation: model 1942)

Ilyushin Il-2 single-seater with VYa-23 guns

(Il-2 model 1942) with winter painting

Il-2s model 1942 with field-added rear gun position

Il-2 two-seater with straight wings, up to August 1943

(unofficial designation: Il-2M early, Il-2 model 1943 early)

Il-2 two-seater with straight wings, after August 1943

(unofficial designation: Il-2M late, Il-2 model 1943 late)

Il-2 two-seater with arrow wings

(unofficial designation: Il-2M3, Il-2 type 3, Il-2 model 1944)

Il-2 with underwing pods for NS-37 guns (Il2-37)

Il-2I (Istrebitel)

Fighter version's prototype

IL-2KR

reconaissance/artillery spot plane version

UIL-2 (or IL-2U)

double command training variants

Il-2s remarked by Axis
Ilyushin Il-2 exported after the war's end
Il-2 of Zvezda, 1/72
review by Michael Neradkov
Uploaded on June 27, 2006 

 

Research of Ivan Rodionov on the first prototypes of Il-2 (TsKB-55, TsKB-57, TsKB-55P)

Research of Ivan Rodionov on single-seater Il-2s built in Factory 18 (6) in 1941 updated in May 2023

Research of Ivan Rodionov on single-seater Il-2s built in Factory 18 (7) in 1942 updated in June 2023

Research of Ivan Rodionov on single-seater Il-2s built in Factory 1 in 1942

Research of Ivan Rodionov on single-seater Il-2s built in Factory 30 in 1942

Research of Ivan Rodionov on single-seater Il-2s built in Factory 381

Research of Ivan Rodionov on two-seater Il-2s built in Factory 30 in 1942-1945

Research of Ivan Rodionov on two-seater Il-2s built in Factory 18 (7) in 1942-1944

Research of Ivan Rodionov on two-seater Il-2s built in Factory 18 (8) in 1944-1945

Research of Ivan Rodionov on two-seater Il-2s built in Factory 1 in 1942-1945

Research of Ivan Rodionov on Il-2 geometry

Research of Ivan Rodionov on Il-2 with M-82 engine

Research of Ivan Rodinov on Il-2 bis

 

Translation and part of the graphics by Daniele Righi

 

 

The page was made with the help of Aleksandr Ruckovsky, Vitaliy Timoshenko, Jason Moore, Istvan Vadasz, Oleg Korytov, Viktor Povinsky, Konstantin Lesnikov, Tapani Tuomanen, Michael Neradkov, Daniele Righi, Ivan Rodionov and many members of the Sovietwarplanes forum.

 

Disclaimer:

this work collects a lot of photos from many sources, not always identified and mentioned.
If someone has rights on the images reproduced on this site, please don't feel hurted, email to me and I shall provide to remove or to credit them.

massimo.tessitori(nospam)@libero.it

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Bibliography:

Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, 4+ publications

Ilyushin Il-2 and Il-10 Shturmovik of Y. Gordon and S. Komissarov, ed. Crowood

Shturmovik Il-2 of Oleg Rastrenin, Arsenal Koll. 2005

Shturmovik Il-2 of Oleg Rastrenin, ed. Eskmo

Many files on Il-2 of Viktor Publishing, by Viktor Povinsky

Il-2 Shturmovik guards units of the WW2, of Oleg Rastrenin , ed. Osprey

Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft, of Oleg Rastrenin, ed. Jakab

Profile 088- Ilyushin Il-2

Monografie Loctnicze n.022 Il-2 and Il-10

Red Line 02- Il-2 and Il-10- WWP

Barbarossa Victims, of T.Kopanski, ed. Mushrooms

Geust, Keskinen, Stenman: Red Stars ed. Apali

Il-2 in action, Squadron Signal

Soviet combat aircraft of the Second World War vol.2, ofGordon and Khazanov, ed. Midland

Some issues of M-Hobby and Aviacia i Kosmonautika

Painting and markings of the soviet planes 1941-1945 , Vaklamov and Orlov, Aviakollekcia 12/2009

 

 

Links:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72705 Walkaround of all-metal Yugoslav Il-2 at the Belgrade museum.

http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Research/Ilyushin/Il-2/Walkround/Serbia/ Walkaround of all-metal Yugoslav Il-2 at the Belgrade museum

http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?board=45.0 subforum on Il-2 at Sovietwarplanes, in English

http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_t_7288_start_0.html wide general topic on Il-2 in Russian

http://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/AiKOut02/IL2_1/IL2_1001.htm a big monograph in Russian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foRaHcjTAzg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3WMFPUuqo&feature=player_embedded#!

http://www.airpages.ru/dc/il2_01.shtml includes many fully illustrated pages of pilot's manual and details of the cockpit. In Russian.

https://military.wikireading.ru/27299 page with good images of details. The color profiles are dated. In Russian.