German Wehrmacht’s soldier inspects the wreckage of a Soviet attack plane Ilyushin Il-2, which lie near the walls of the village houses. 1941-1942. The Eastern Front of the Third Reich of the Second World WAr in the Soviet Russia.
Ilyushin Il-2 (NATO codification: Bark) is the Soviet attack aircraft of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, created in the Design Bureau-240 under the leadership of Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin. The most massive of combat aircraft in the history of world aviation, more than 36 thousand pieces were produced.
Time of photo taken: 1941 – 1942
Photography location: Khislavichi village, Smolensk region, USSR