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Originally Posted by Letum
I had always thought that had completely switched from metal to wooden extremities by late '43 due to aluminum shortages...
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Even the description in the game's encyclopedia states that Il2s of type 3 got their metal wings and fuselage parts back.
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Originally Posted by IceFire
I didn't know that such a plan existed. I thought the Type 3 was sort of the end of development while the IL-8 and 10 were developed with the 10 ultimately seeing production.
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Yep, one such example of a full metal Il2-type 3 of late 1944 production can be even seen in Kbely air museum in Prague:
http://home.arcor.de/f111raven/011_10c.jpg