IL-2 GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT Ryefield GMM-350-12 - 1/350 Gold Medal

GMM-350-12 - 1/350 Gold Medal MODERN USN WARSHIP (ENLARGED AND IMPROVED

Main undercarriage is located within pod under main wing

--Although the battlefield kept a lull in 1943

taking active part in operations for the defence of Tokyo and by use in a Kamikaze role

Dive flaps that were introduced on the last block of P-38J's were now standard

IL-2 GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT Ryefield GMM-350-12 - 1/350 Gold MedalThe Ilyushin IL 2 Sturmovik was a Soviet Union attak aircraft in the WWII. Designed as a armored low level close support aircraft capable of defeating enemy armor and other ground targets. First flew on 12 October 1940 as prototype TsKB 57, The aircraft entered production in March 1941,and come into service in May. a total of 36,163 were built. The Sturmovik played a crucial role on the Eastern Front, famous nicknames as the "Black Death" . IL 2