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The Flying Tank - Ilyushin Il-2
Hi Martin
I can only add that according to Gorbach the 2nd Air Army on the Voronezh Front lost in August 1943 due to combat 29 Pe-2 twin-engined bombers, 102 Il-2 ground-attack aircraft, 166 fighters and five Po-2 liaison biplanes. The 5th Air Army on the Steppe Front lost in August 1943 due to combat 49 bombers, 84 Il-2 ground-attack aircraft and 85 fighters. I have also read that according to Ageev and Pentyukov in Air Forces in the Defeat of the German Orel Grouping, from 12 July to 18 August, the 1st Air Army on the West Front lost 190 aircraft, the 15th Air Army on the Bryansk Front lost 559 aircraft and the 16th Air Army on the Central Front lost 247 aircraft. Please note that this later source was published in 1949, therefore I have no idea if the information it contains is altogether reliable.
Horrido!
Leo
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