Author | |
---|---|
Publishing house | |
ISBNs | 978-5-9955-1195-3 |
Binding | |
Pages | |
The weight | 0,582 kg |
Size | 197 × 255 mm |
Серия | |
Format | |
The year of publishing |
Delivery
€19,99
Not available
Not available
Il-2 is the most popular combat aircraft of the Soviet air force (in total, more than 36 thousand Ilovs of various modifications were built during the Great Patriotic War) and is rightfully considered the pride of domestic design thought, one of the main symbols of Victory over the Third Reich. Even in desperate bad weather, touching the clouds with their keels, “Ilas” broke through anti-aircraft fire, destroying bridges and crossings, derailing enemy trains, destroying tanks, firing points and Wehrmacht infantry on the battlefield. The Nazis nicknamed the Il-2 “Black Death”, and our infantry called it a “flying tank”. Stalin himself stated that these planes “are needed by our army, like air, like bread. We don’t need MiGs, but IL-2s.” It was the Ilyushins that were remembered with special warmth and gratitude by veterans of the great battles of Stalingrad and the Kursk Bulge. This richly illustrated book by a leading aviation historian is undoubtedly the best story about the history of the creation, improvement and combat use of the legendary Il-2.