Sergey Ilyushin

✶March 30, 1894

†February 9, 1977

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About their life

Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau. He designed the Il-2 Shturmovik, which made its maiden flight in 1939. It is the most produced warplane, and remains the second most-produced aircraft in history, with some 36,000+ built, behind the US Cessna 172.

Soviet aircraft engineer and aeroplanes designer (1894–1977)

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