Hurricane V LA-7 (for MorgothNL)

[Panzergranate]

The La-7 was the only Soviet all metal fighter and so wasn't the "one hit wonder" like the La-5.

The resin impregnated wings on Soviet aircraft with this building technique did have the well documented ability of shattering and splintering when taking even a single hit from a cannon shell.

I know that the Soviet pilots prized and apreciated the Hurricane and the P-40, though I'm not sure if they saw the joke with the next to useless P-39.

The recently recovered Finnish Buffalo, that was pulled out of a lake, BW-372 (actually appears in IL-2 Forgotten Battles as number 5) was involved in an airbattle with two Hurricanes and a single Mig-3 in a 3 onto 1 action.

The Buffalo out turned and downed both Hurricanes but suffered a fatal belly hit from the MIg-3 as it finished off the second Hurricane and this caused a fire.

The Finnish pilot out dived the Mig-3 and belly landed on a frozen lake, jumped out of the Buffalo and watched it immediately sink through the ice.

In 2004 the aircraft was recovered from the lake and has travelled to the US and back to Finland as work continues to restore it to flying condition.

There are still a lot of wrecks lost out in that area, as there are around Russia, just waiting to be found.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

The La-7 was the only Soviet all metal fighter and so wasn't the "one hit wonder" like the La-5.

The resin impregnated wings on Soviet aircraft with this building technique did have the well documented ability of shattering and splintering when taking even a single hit from a cannon shell.

I know that the Soviet pilots prized and apreciated the Hurricane and the P-40, though I'm not sure if they saw the joke with the next to useless P-39.

The recently recovered Finnish Buffalo, that was pulled out of a lake, BW-372 (actually appears in IL-2 Forgotten Battles as number 5) was involved in an airbattle with two Hurricanes and a single Mig-3 in a 3 onto 1 action.

The Buffalo out turned and downed both Hurricanes but suffered a fatal belly hit from the MIg-3 as it finished off the second Hurricane and this caused a fire.

The Finnish pilot out dived the Mig-3 and belly landed on a frozen lake, jumped out of the Buffalo and watched it immediately sink through the ice.

In 2004 the aircraft was recovered from the lake and has travelled to the US and back to Finland as work continues to restore it to flying condition.

There are still a lot of wrecks lost out in that area, as there are around Russia, just waiting to be found.

Maybe you've heard of Lake Ladoga? That's FULL of downed MiGs as well as Finish and German planes. I believe they've actually retrieved several MiGs and some later Soviet fighters from it. Not sure on whether they restored them or not. Probably did, but not to flying condition.

[Panzergranate]

Six I-16s and three I-153s have been recovered and retrned to flying condition in New Zealand.

Two of the I-16s are being used in air races. One of the I-153s is used for aerobatic displays by the US Commerative Airforce, two I-153s are used in airshows around New Zealand and I'm not sure about the other I-16s though one is used in airshows around Europe and Russia.

The Martin-Baker company, more famous now for ejector seats than its aircraft work, such as the prototype that went on to become the P-51, the MB-3, are building an exact flying replica of their MB-5 "Rapier" prototype contrarotating prop fighter that would have been the fastest fighter of WW2, if it had seen service with a top speed of 540 MPH (ye sit was faster than the Me-262). The MB-5 was intended to be a jet killer and was powered by the 2,500 HP Napier-Sabre H-Block engine.

First flown in 1944, the war ended and so it bever saw production.

Martin-Baker are building the aircraft for use as in air racrer in the 2010 annual Reno Air Races. The original MB-5 test aircraft is on display on a plinth in Reno somewhere.

It would have been nice to have had the MB-5 in IL-2 1946 on the PC.

[FOZ_1983]

You right about some things regarding the hurricane, most notably the armour protection for the pilot and also the guns it carried.

Im sure that in game the model is a MkIIa (series 2) which would mean it has a longer propeller spinner, it was first built in october 1940 under the MkIIa series 2 but in april 1941 it was named the MkIIb

the MkIIb generally had a top speed of around 300MPH, lowering its speed from the MkI due to it being fitted with racks to carry bombs/drop tanks, most notably 2x 250lb or 2x 500lb bombs.