Last year, we reported on the restoration of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM)’s Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik inside the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center’s Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar.

The Ilyushin Il-2 was a single-engine monoplane that was given the nicknames the "Hunchback" for its bulbous cockpit and "Flying Tank" for its heavy armor. The Ilyushin Il-2 was instrumental ...