Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik

(Legion Models 14629LD)

Engine: One 1,770 h.p. Mikulin AM-38f inline
Span: 47 ft 10 in
Length: 38 ft 0 in
Height: 8 ft 4 in
Weight: 12,250 lb loaded
Crew: Two
Max Speed: 257 mph at 6,560 ft
Service Ceiling: 36,000 ft
Normal Range: 528 miles
Armament: One 23 mm VYa cannon in each wing, two 7.62mm ShKAS MG in upper front fuselage, one 12.7 mm UBT MG in rear cockpit; up to 880 lb of bombs or eight 56 lb RS-82 rocket projectiles

Notes: Designed for ground attack with good armour protection; excellent record and low attrition rate. A total of 36,183 were built, making it the most prodcued aircraft of WWII.
Lt. Col. Nelson Stepanyan was credited with 239 combat sorties and was twice awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union -- the second time posthumously after his death in 1944.