By May 9, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, with the help of artificial intelligence, presented what aircraft from the times of the Great Patriotic War would look like in modern comics or computer games. The series "Air Heroes of Victory" includes the Il-2 attack aircraft, I-16 and La-5 fighters, the Su-2 multi-purpose aircraft, and the TB-3 bomber.
The legendary "flying tank", the nimble "little donkey", the multi-purpose "dryer", the gigantic "troika", the easy-to-control "bench".
Il-2 — Soviet attack aircraft, the "flying tank". Developed in OKB-240 under the leadership of the famous designer Sergey Ilyushin. It is considered the most mass-produced combat aircraft in the history of aviation. It was produced at factories in Kuibyshev and Nizhny Tagil.
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I-16 — single-engine monoplane fighter. It was created in the KB OGPU, the project manager — Nikolai Polikarpov. The aircraft had a wooden structure with plywood sheathing, as well as landing gear that retracted in flight. Pilots affectionately called the I-16 "little donkey".
La-5 — single-engine monoplane fighter developed by Semyon Lavochkin, who worked at OKB-21 in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod). A feature of the aircraft was its all-wooden construction. The fighter was nicknamed "bench".
Su-2 (BB-1) — the close bomber was created in the KB of Pavel Sukhoi. Thanks to its maneuverability and good visibility from the cockpit, it was used as an artillery fire spotter. Su-2 pilots also performed other tasks, including reconnaissance.
TB-3 — heavy bomber developed in TsAGI under the leadership of Andrei Tupolev. It became the basis for the production of future bomber aircraft. No TB-3s have survived to this day
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