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The Ilyushin Il-2 is the second most produced aircraft in history, with over 36,000 aircraft produced in a four year period. However only one flyable example survives today. Why did it suffer such an incredibly small survival rate after WW2?

by /u/spuurd0 in /r/AskHistorians

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