WesWorld

Is that Viktor Suvorov you are referring to? The reason I ask is that I find it odd that the Finns would reject Il-2´s when they used every other captured Soviet aircraft they could lay the hand on and the Romanians using PZL P-11 and IAR-38/39 in the ground attack role but would reject the Il-2.

Yes thats him.

As for Il-2.
One source read 50 aircraft other 200+ was captured.
As for rejecting? Well there are no(that I'm aware of)
document of Il-2 use by any Axis power. Finns received captured Polikarpovs from the German. Only other instance of transfer of captured planes(that I'm aware of) is Italy traded captured ex-French bombers for ex-French fighters.
(LeO 451 bombers trade for luftwaffe Dawoitine D.520 in 1942. Regia Aeronautica 1935-1943 M.WawrzyDski Z.Lulak Pegaz press Warsaw 1998 )

The Finns also bought captured Pe-2, DB-3 and SB-2 (as well as MS-406/410 and Hawk-75) with associated spares from Germany

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Originally posted by Vukovlad
The Finns also bought captured Pe-2, DB-3 and SB-2 (as well as MS-406/410 and Hawk-75) with associated spares from Germany

Precisely and yet not Il-2's.


Also back to the original topic. Radial and In-line all in all they are basically interchangeable. With they pro and cons. Designers chose which ever is able to too the job done.