On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:29:04 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Oddly enough I came across a photo of it while looking at more photos of
F8s than I ever want to see again...but as you demand it, I will again
immerse myself in the sea of Crusader photos, so you can see it:
http://photo.starnet.ru/Thematic_Wal...mages/F8_3.jpg
Bet you didn't know that the F8 was a "shturmoviki", did you? Ilyushin
must have done some pretty severe mods to the original Il-2 design...

....For some reason when I look at that damn thing, the word "seagull"
pops into my mind, and I suddenly have an urge to throw a few dozen
Alka-Seltzers in the intakes :-P

OM

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