IL-2 Fight for the Memory. The story of only flying Il-2 in Russia. Interview with warplane restorer

It is 80th anniversary of the Il-2 attack aircraft virgin flight. English subtitles. On March 10, 1941, the first production Il-2 attack aircraft took off from an aircraft plant in Voronezh. In total, almost 36 thousand of these attack aircraft were produced during the war years - the Il-2 became the most massive combat aircraft in the history of aviation. But guess how many flying specimens survived to this day? TWO! There is only one of them in Russia. How did this happen? Watch my interview with Boris Osyatinsky, head of the Winged Victory Memory Foundation. This conversation was recorded almost a year ago, as part of the material for the automotive publication Autoreview. That text can be read here autoreview.ru/articles/svoimi.... But the video version did not fit the car channel in its format, so it was laying on the shelf for a long time until I decided to supplement it with English subtitles and launch it. Enjoy watching! Although the mood after such stories does not always remain festive.