Private Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik 2
Martin Kotek
Lukasz Gancarz
Rzepka
sergeyl
Drzemi
PZL.38 Wilk
qalimar
Wojtek Zaremba
Image ID: 205457
Views: 6385
Operator: Private - 2
Aircraft: Ilyushin - Il-2 Sturmovik
Airport: Russia - Samara (Kuybyshev) - Bezymyanka
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2011-11-6 by Fyodor Borisov [Contact]
Camera setting: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 1/500s, f/9.0 at 210mm ISO 200
Photographer's remark
(24.4.2012, 17:44 CET)
Il-2 is alive again and in flight after 67 years break. 'Winged Memory of Victory' Foundation after the six years works has restored authentic Il-2. Il-2 was the mostly produced plane ever - 36.183 were built and they had played one of the key roles in USSR victory in WWII.
1 qalimar
(24 April 2012 - 23:36 CET)
Fiodor, I've some question about the plane. Is the engine AM-38 original? Is the back of
fuselage made of wood or metal? Are the wings made of metal or wood? Is it a version of
"so striełkoj" or "daska"- M3 or M?
2 Fyodor Borisov
(26 April 2012 - 08:58 CET)
Engine is original. Samara plant has assisted restores with original parts. It is M3.
Can't say more for the moment, sorry. I'm just an aviation photographer, not restorer ;)
3 Frank Sciorelli
(21 April 2015 - 05:46 CET)
I have been to Samara many times on business and work in aerospace. Some of my Russian
colleagues have mentioned restoration of an IL-2 with an original engine built in the same
factory where they build rockets today. I've heard that a restored IL-2 with AM-38 will
be flying for Victory Day on May 9, 2015. Can you confirm if this is the same airplane?
