Il-2 Sturmovik Bagration: Thanks to Maciej Noszczak

[Maciej N]

As far as I know all the late series Il-2, produced in late 1944 and during 1945, had all wooden parts (wings and fuselage) replaced with metal.
Greetings!
Darko

Hello! I'm reading this interesting thread and would like to say that Thierry's Il-2 is looking fantastic.

Darko - I'm not sure at all with that if final Il's had wooden body. In
book of Yefim Gordon and Oleg Rastenin - Il-2/Il-10, first published 2010, there's info that fuselage could have metal skin. Thery's no cleary wrote that metal skin was only eguipped with one seaters Ils (page 256). There's also drawing such ver. - (p. 294). There's also photo of such Il-2 (two seater) at page 248.

[Wlad-FR]

Hi Maciej, and one again, thanks for your help.
Anyway, I take off metal paint chips in the suppose wooden parts. But I think that you are right for metal panels at this period of the war.
All the best

Wlad the Kameleon

[Maciej N]

The same info we can find at 4+ publication "Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik" (2006).
At internet we can find intersting photos of rare "metal body" 2 seater Il's:
Bulgarians, Yugoslovians:

File:Il-2-Krumovo, Bulgaria-September 2006.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

JetPhotos.Net Photo » 425 Bulgaria - Air Force Ilyushin Il-2m3 by Svetli Georgiev

Modeling the VVS: Serb Museum Il-2 Walkaround - there's info that body could have replaced - but we are not sure for 100%. We can find at Rastenin and Gordon photos of Yugoslowian aircrafts with metal fus..

[Maciej N]

Hi Maciej, and one again, thanks for your help.
Anyway, I take off metal paint chips in the suppose wooden parts. But I think that you are right for metal panels at this period of the war.
All the best

Wlad the Kameleon

You are welcome!