Rebuilding an IL-2 Ilyushin
In 1944, a Russian IL-2 was shot down by German forces near Pustoshka in the western Soviet Union. The aircraft crash-landed on a frozen lake, and as the ice melted, it sank to the lake's bottom, where it remained for over 40 years. Now, 80 years after it was downed during World War II and 4,000 miles from where it once fought against the German invasion, the Ilyushin IL-2 is being prepared for its historic...
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