![Restoration of the Smithsonian’s Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik 1 After nearly three decades in storage the Museums Il 2 was transported to the restoration shop at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center in Chantilly Virginia on November 18 2021.](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/After-nearly-three-decades-in-storage-the-Museums-Il-2-was-transported-to-the-restoration-shop-at-the-Steven-F.-Udvar-Hazy-Center-in-Chantilly-Virginia-on-November-18-2021._-678x381.jpg)
Warbird Restorations
Restoration of the Smithsonian’s Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik
By Adam Estes In the desperate and cataclysmic struggle that was the Eastern Front of World War II, which the countries of the former Soviet Union still call the Great Patriotic War, the Ilyushin Il-2 […]