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Sergey Ilyushin
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Soviet aircraft engineer and aeroplanes designer (1894–1977)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1894-03-30 ) 30 March 1894, Dilyalevo , Russia
- Died
- 9 February 1977 (1977-02-09) (aged 82), Moscow, Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery , Moscow
- Children
- Vladimir Ilyushin
- Discipline
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Employer
- Ilyushin design bureau
- Significant design
- DB-3 , Il-2 , Il-4 , Il-10 , Il-12 , Il-14 , Il-18 , Il-22 , Il-38 , Il-62 , Il-76 , Il-86
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Family name
- Ilyushin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Dilyalevo
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Child
- Vladimir Ilyushin
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Position held
- director
- Educated at
- Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Field of work
- aircraft industry
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Official website
- www.ilyushin.org
- Image
- Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of death
- 1977-02-09
- date of birth
- 1894-03-18
- Commons category
- Sergey Ilyushin
- member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- student
- Genrikh Novozhilov
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- name in native language
- Сергей Владимирович Ильюшин
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Encyclopedic overview
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Ильюшин; 30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1894 – 9 February 1977) 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.
Biography
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