41.02 USSR Ilyushin IL-10, Avia B 33, 1/72 KP kit, NIB Open parts are still on sprues, two kits both with Soviet, Czech and N. Korean markings, one box art with Soviet markings (right rear view) and one box art with Czech markings (right front view).  Please indicate which kit you would like, first buyer gets choice.

The Ilyushin Stormovik which first appeared in 1941 became the best known of all the Soviet Air Force machines of WW II.  It made its first flight on 20 December 1939 and entered service in 1941.

One of the few wartime aircraft designed specifically for ground attack and close support duties, the Stormovik was designed by S. V. Ilyushin, a brilliant designer, who is now responsible for some of the leading Russian airliners.  The original IL-2 entered service as a single seater and although well armed an extremely well protected with armor plate, it proved vulnerable to fighter attack.  In its first year of service few Stormoviks were brought down by fire from the ground but casualties in aerial combat were high and some solution had to be found.

In 1942 the IL-2 M.3 came into action: this was basically the same Stormovik with a lengthened cockpit housing a second crew member operating a 12.7 mm machine gun for rearward defense.  This version proved completely satisfactory in service, its rocket projectiles and cannon taking heavy toll of German armor, troops and trains.

The Stormovik remained in service with the Soviet Air Force throughout the war and for some years after and was also operated by the Polish Air Force when it was reformed after the war.  A total of 36,183 Il-2s and Il-10s were built.  The last of the Il-2s were retired by Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in 1954.

In 1943 design was begun on an upgraded version which eventually was designated the Il-10.  This aircraft was to to be faster and more heavily armed.  The Il-10 made its first flight on 18 April 1944 and entered service the same year.  Three Il-10 units took part in the final operations in Europe and one unit saw service in Korea that year.  The 93 Il-10s that had been given to North Korea saw service in the early weeks of the Korean War but were soon depleted by US fighters, and the USSR delivered more of the Il-10s.  The Soviets retired the Il-10 in 1956 and the final aircraft were retired by Czechoslovakia in 1962.  A total of 6166 Il-10s were built of which 1200 were the B-33 which were built under license in Czechoslovakia.

Crew: 2; Length: 11.12 m (36 ft 6 in); Wingspan: 13.40 m (44 ft 0 in); Engine: 1,320 Kw (1,770 hp) Mikulin AM-42; Weight: empty 4,675 kg (10,305 lb), loaded 6,345 kg (14,000 lb), max takeoff 6,537 kg (14,410 lb) Maximum Speed: 550 km/h (340 mph) at 2,700 m; Armament: two 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon in the wings, and one 12.7 mm UBST cannon in the rear, up to 600 kg (1,320 lb) bombs or eight rockets.

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