Il-10 | |
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General information | |
Type | Ground attack aircraft |
Manufacturer | Ilyushin, Avia |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force |
Number built | 6,166 (4,966 Il-10 + 1,200 B-33)[1] |
History | |
Manufactured | 1944–1954[1] |
Introduction date | 1944 |
First flight | 18 April 1944[2] |
Retired | 1972 (People's Republic of China) |
Developed from | Ilyushin Il-2 |
Developed into | Ilyushin Il-16 |
The Ilyushin Il-10 (Cyrillic Илью́шин Ил-10, NATO reporting name: "Beast"[3]) is a Soviet ground attack aircraft developed at the end of World War II by the Ilyushin construction bureau. It was also license-built in Czechoslovakia by Avia as the Avia B-33.