IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik is ...

The Ilyushin Il-2 was by all accounts a formidable aircraft. With the Il-2, the Soviet Union’s Ilyushin aerospace bureau created one of the most feared ground-attack aircraft on the Eastern Front—a ...

­Paul Allen just added yet another rare World War II-era airplane to his Flying Heritage Collection, at Everett's Paine Field. The collection started final reassembly Friday of a Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ...

When a Soviet-state-owned aerospace manufacturer is demanded by the Communist Party to build an aircraft, it gets done no matter how dumb the concept is in theory. This authoritarian approach to the ...

The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was one of the most feared ground attack aircraft of World War Two. Built like a flying tank, it was heavily armored and designed to survive brutal low altitude battles.

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik ground assault aircraft was the Soviet Union's aerial muscle during World War II. The planes were produced en masse to counter the German army on the Western front. Although ...

The Ilyushin Il-2 was by all accounts a formidable aircraft. With the Il-2, the Soviet Union’s Ilyushin aerospace bureau created one of the most feared ground-attack aircraft on the Eastern ...