Pavlov's Il-2M3 'White 1 with eagle'
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Here are two photos inflight of the Il-2M3 'white 1' flown by the double Hero of the Soviet Union I.F. Pavlov of 6th GvOShAP, 3rd VA, (6th Guards Detached Shturmovik Air Regiment) and operated on the Kalinin front, and later on the Baltic front. The photos should be of late 1944 or early 1945. Pavlov was made HSU for the second time on February 23, 1945.
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Photos of I.F.Pavlov aside his plane. The slogans reads 'Zemlyaku Geroyu sovetskogo soyuza t.Pavlovu ot trudyashchikshya g. Kustanaj' that means “To the countryman Hero of the Soviet Union comrade t. Pavlov from the workers of the town of Kustanaj”. On the photo, we can see the unusual arrangement of the wire aerials, both joined to the tip of the stabilizer, and the antenna mast that looks bended on the left side. |
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A photo of the gunner and the UB position. Note the bended-aside aerial mast.
Thanks to Aleksandr Ruchkovsky and Viktor Povinsky for their help. |
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A close view of the emblem on the tail (probably painted on the left side only). Its colors should be natural, that is:
Below, a drawing made for the book on Il-2 by Jason Moore. |
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