IL-2 (NATO codification: Bark) – a Soviet attack aircraft of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, created in the Design Bureau-240 under the leadership of Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin. The most massive of combat aircraft in the history of world aviation, more than 36 thousand pieces were produced.German Wehrmacht’s soldier inspects the wreckage of a Soviet attack plane IL-2, which lie near the walls of the village houses. 1941-1942.
Photography Location: Khislavichi, Smolensk region