Russian aviation

[Louis]

Thread with cleanup of broken images. -

 

[Louis]

Lieutenant Alexei Alelyuhin in his Yak-1B. Photo approximately Fall 1942-Spring 1943. On the fuselage of the fighter black panther – brand of Alelyuhin. Alexei V. Alelyuhin (1920-1990) – a veteran of WW 2 from its first day. Already 24 June 1941 in the first link brought down an enemy aircraft, bomber He-111. He flew 183 combat missions on I-16, spent 56 assaults ground targets.

 

[Louis]

This russian planes, a MiG-3 with a Yak-7, fly by as crippled Ju-88 plummets toward the ground.

 

[Louis]

Cleaning broken images.

 

[Louis]

Armourer loads bomb in the IL-2.

 

[Gunner]

The Il-2 type aircraft is the single most produced military aircraft design in all of aviation history.

The brawny Il-2 holds a special place in the hearts of the Russian people as the tank-killing machine that helped push the Germans out of the Soviet Union.
The Il-2 operated close to the ground, attacking enemy tanks, trucks, and troops near the front line. The job was dangerous and though the IL-2 was heavily armored, many of the planes were lost in battle. As Germany threatened western Russia, Soviet factories moved east, to ensure new Shturmoviks arrived to take the place of recent casualties.
The enemy called the plane “Black Death” or "Betonvogel" (loosely, the Concrete Bird). Soviet pilots lovingly named the plane "Ilyusha.” To the Soviet soldiers, the Il-2 was "the Winged Tank" or, perhaps most endearingly of all, "the Flying Infantryman."

 

[Louis]

Ilyushin Il-2 rear gunner.

 

[Louis]

Shooter of the upper defensive machine-gun turret of Tupolev TB-3 bomber. In the background are two Ilyushin Il-4. No dated.

 

[Gunner]

Whoa. Right out there in the open air.
Must have been quite a ride.
Good pic Louis.

 

[Louis]

Reloading cannon rounds into the wing of an Ilyushin Il-2.

 

[Redwolf]

I like the hammer there.

Ammo doesn't fit? Use a bigger hammer.

 

[Gunner]

I read the caption and starting scrolling down, saw the bombs and thought "that's some cannon!" and then scrolled further down and...oh.

 

[Louis]

The source say: "...loads what appears to be 23mm cannon rounds..."

 

[Louis]

20mm ShVAK cannon rounds being loaded into a Yakovlev Yak-1 fighter. No location data.

 

[Gunner]

Did you notice every other round is different?

 

[mTk]

Help me. I don't really see it.

 

[Gunner]

One round has a flat black bullet shaped head and the next has is kind of silver with a shiny tip. No?

 

[mTk]

Ah, gotcha!
I'm thinking tracers maybe?

 

[Gunner]

You know, that's what I was thinking. But I always thought tracers were like every 5th or 6th round kind of thing. But wtf do I know about Russian loading. Ha!

 

[Redwolf]

Could also be a HE/AP mix.