Yet ANOTHER German nickname for the IL 2...

[Christer Bergström]

On 24 November 1941, the German fighter pilot Lt. Hermann Graf of 9./JG 52 made the following note in his diary:

"Dabei handelte es sich um meine erste IL 2, also um einen von den gefährlichen Apparaten, zu denen die Landser 'Schlächter' sagen."

I think both Boandlgramer and Rasmussen may be right, but in this context, I think Rasmussen's interpretation is right. It would make no sense if Graf had meant to say:

"This was one of the dangerous aircraft which the German ground troops call 'ground-attack aircraft'."

I think it makes more sense to assume that what Graf meant was something like this:

"This was one of the dangerous aircraft which the German ground troops call 'butchers'."