On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:32:14 -0500, clairbear
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"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:12:01 -0400, "Indrek" no
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"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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These photos are from the public debut last Saturday of the Flying
Heritage Collection's Il-2M3 - the only flying example of the
Sturmovik in the world. It is powered by an Allison V1710 from a
P-38.

http://www.flyingheritage.com/Templa...x?contentId=96

It flew with the FHC's P-47D.

Bob ^,,^

Excellent photos. This is not something one sees every day.

Thanks! The plan is for FHC to fly it again on Sept 29th. Hoping to
be there...


One question is it a real restoration or a reproduction?

Restoration, using parts from several other recoveries. From the FHC
web site:
http://www.flyingheritage.com/Templa...x?contentId=96

"The FHC's Il-2 was constructed in Kuybyshev in mid-1943 and was
assigned to the 828th Attack Aviation Regiment on the lower Karelian
Front. On October 10, 1944, the plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire
while attacking an airfield and crashed near the Titovka River. The
plane was discovered in a nameless lake by searchers scouting the area
with a helicopter in 1991. When the recovery crew raised the Il-2 to
the surface, they found it still had its complement of rockets and
bombs under its wings. The plane was restored using parts from four
wrecks discovered in northwestern regions of the former Soviet Union.
Il-2 serial number 305401 makes up a large percentage of the
aircraft."