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eskimo

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What's the story on the bird that's been painted on the tail of the IL-II?
« on: May 28, 2001, 02:38:00 AM »
Anyone know?

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Offline 715

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What's the story on the bird that's been painted on the tail of the IL-II?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2001, 04:21:00 PM »
Squadron Signal Publication 1155 "Il-2 Stormovik in action" has an identical bird holding a sash on an IL-2 Type 3 of Ivan F. Pavlov in the 6th Guards Assault Regiment.  But that doesn't really answer your question as to the significance of the bird  
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What's the story on the bird that's been painted on the tail of the IL-II?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2001, 06:28:00 PM »
Punt


 

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