World War 2 documentary: how to fly with Il-2 Sturmovik 1/3

Over 36,000 Il-2 aircrafts were produced during Great patriotic war!

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[davios91]

The Western part of WW2 was much less brutal, and much less matched, (for want of a better word.) In the East, fighting was far more brutal. Inthe relatively calmer skies over Europe, where, by mid 1943 the allies held sway, many ground targets were poorly defended, and, the skies were usually clear, as the Luftwaffe was concentrating on the CBO. The Il-2 operated in much harsher conditions, right at the front, flying in rougher weather and terrain, and against harder opposition.

[nukeman74]

Why dont you learn russian? It is usefull :)

[unab84]

Thats a video of me checking up my airplane before a mission...

In Il2 Sturmovik...

(very very nice vids, ty)

[356butch]

Same conditions the US had with the B-24 squadrons in Alaska.

[schlusselmensch]

Damn, that gunner's position must have been one cold mother of a place.

[justforever96]

@flossy26 What are you talking about? You think they made 36,000 Il-2's for the hell of it? You think they were flying 30,000 of them at once? No, they made that many to replace those that crashed, and the only reason it was ONLY 7,800 Il-2 pilots lost is that it was a safe plane (for the pilot). The gunners died at ten times the rate. Figure that out. Maybe you were unaware that in the east, war was friggin WAR, and the front was much, much longer. They meant business.

[justforever96]

@RomanatorII You may know this by now, but apparently someone found and restored an Il-2 to flying condition. I was looking for video when I found this one, actually. It was found crashed in a marsh in Russia, and the only non- accurate part is that they had to use an American Allison engine, since they couldn't find a working Mikyulan. Still, it IS a shame. There should be a minimum of ten remaning, flyable planes of EVERY semi-major WWII plane, no matter the nationality!

[justforever96]

@nemesixsixsix They didn't fly "at altitude". They rarely went over 10,000ft, usually less. Plus, Russians know the cold. The germans were the ones dying and being crippled by the thousands by it.

[justforever96]

@Dmitriy27 I'd worry mostly about the tanks ahead of the cockpit! Unless I was an Il-2 gunner! The flames come right back onto the pilot. It's hard to make room for fuel in a fighter sized plane; wing tanks are vulnerable, rear tanks screw with handling, etc Hurricane, Zero, Corsair, those all had forward tanks. A fighter relies on it's nimble handling to avoid large hits, the Il-2 had armor. The original had the rear tank behind the gunner, which helped. The actual one was a lash up

[justforever96]

@Fricet And what are you doing? Insulting people from behind your computer. At least he's saying something worthwhile for the benefit of those who don't know. And for that matter, everything he said was true. What good are you doing? Those who invented the internet thought it would be a way for all people the be educated equally. Too bad they didn't foresee what would actually happen. Kind of like those who invented the television.

[justforever96]

@Dustoffam That's not true, Hawker Tempests shot down Me 262's as well. Maybe others, I don't recall.

[justforever96]

@braidonb Would it need to be off the ground in minutes? It wasn't an interceptor; the missions were usually scheduled. And most planes, of all nations had similar, sometimes longer procedures for starting. Maybe you'd keep a few pilots at ready, engines warmed up. If you think about it, the stuff he did in this video could be done in 4 minutes or less, especially if you had an assistant. The longest part would be getting on your chute and letting the engine warm up if it was cold.