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    Airframe Family: Ilyushin Il-2
    Latest Model:Il-2
    Construction Number:5612
    Compressed ID:Ilyushin Il-2 cn 5612
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    25 February 1943

    Constructed as an Il-2.
    Built in Moscow.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Russia Air Force.

    1943

    Transferred to 7th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, Red Banner Baltic Fleet.

    28 January 1944

    Crashed.
    Shot down while attacking German troops. Landed on frozen Lake Bebro and later sank when the lake thawed.

    1992

    Recovered.
    Recovered and brought to the United States by Christopher E. Mullin Jr.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Only wreckage survives here.
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    April 2002

    Formally donated to Pima Air Museum.

    27 February 2020

    Moved to display after completed restoration.

    27 February 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Moved into Hanger 3 for display following restoration

    27 February 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
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     U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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