RapidFireWeb Ilyushin Il-2 (Soviet Air Force Photo) Ilyushin Il-2M3 (Il-2 type 3 / Il-2 model 1944) built in Zavod 18 was tested by the NII-VVS in September-October 1943, flown by the test pilot V.K.Kokkinaki. The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the … Read more
Russian aircraft of the Second World War preserved in the UK. (Soviet Air Force Photo) Lavochkin La-11. (Soviet Air Force Photo) Lavochkin La-11. (Swedish Nationaal Archief Photo) Lavochkin La-7 crash in Sweden in 1949, by a defecting Soviet pilot. Lavochkin La-11 (Serial No. 20), The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. (Tim Felce Photo) (Roland Turner Photo) … Read more
Warplanes of the The Great Patriotic War preserved in Russia The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Russia. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors … Read more
Polikarpov I-153 biplane fighter (SA-kuva Photo) Polikarpov I-153 captured by Finnish forces after a forced landing. Photo taken in June, 1941. The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Russian Чайка, “Seagull”) is a late 1930s Soviet sesquiplane fighter. Developed from the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one … Read more
Lavochkin La-7 (Soviet Air Force Photo) The Lavochkin La-7 (Лавочкин Ла-7); NATO reporting name: Fin), was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun with … Read more
The Ilyushin Il-20 (Soviet Air Force Photo) The Ilyushin Il-20 was a Soviet prototype for a heavily armoured ground-attack aircraft to replace the Ilyushin Il-10. It featured a number of innovative concepts including a cockpit mounted on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller, and wing-mounted autocannon that could be adjusted on the ground … Read more
Papua, New Guinea National Museum (Australian War Memorial Photo) Douglas A20 Havocs of No. 22 Squadron over New Guinea, c. 1942–43. (RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre Collection Photo) Douglas A-20G-20-DO Havoc (Serial No. 42-86786), coded F, “The Hell’N Pelican II“. Built by Douglas Aircraft Company at Long Beach, California. On 1 Sep 1943 delivered to … Read more
Beriev R-1 (Soviet Air Force Photo) The Beriev R-1 the first jet-propelled flying boat built in the USSR. The R-1 was first flown May 30 1952 by I M Sukhomlin. It was powered by two 6,041 lb (2,740 kg) VK-1 turbojets.The pilot was seated in a fighter-type cockpit on left side of hull, the navigator/bomb-aimer … Read more
Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Portugal The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Portugal. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors found … Read more
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei Yokosuka/Kugisho D4Y2 Susei (Comet) Navy Type 2 Carrier Reconnaissance Plane Model 33 (Judy). The Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (彗星, Suisei, “Comet”; Allied reporting name “Judy”) is a two-seat carrier-based dive bomber developed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1942 to 1945 during the Second … Read more
