c/n unknown NATO codename:- Beast. The Il-10 was designed as a replacement for the famous Il-2 Sturmovik. While it resembled the earlier type in basic layout, it was an entirely new aircraft. The original production run was from 1944 to 1949, with Avia building 1,200 of the type in Czechoslovakia as the B-33 between 1951 and 1956. In 1951, experience in the Korean War showed a further use for lower speed ground attack aircraft and a new version, the Il-10M went into production with 146 being built from 1953 to 1954. The ‘M’ variant was larger overall, had four cannons in the wings and was almost capable of all-weather operation thanks to newer navigation equipment. This Il-10M was previously on display outside in all weathers, but is now safely in Hangar 6A (the first new hangar near the entrance) at the Central Air Force museum, Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.