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Puzzle #67 was Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik.
The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovÃk, the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for the Il-2 in English sources, where it is commonly rendered Shturmovik, Stormovik and Sturmovik.
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What the record says
Puzzle 67 ran on 16 Sep 2026 and the answer was Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Manufacturer - Ilyushin; Origin - Russia; Role - attack. The numbers: First flight - 1930; Number built - 36,163.
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How it scored
- Manufacturer
- Ilyushin
- Origin
- Russia
- First flight
- 1930
- Role
- attack
- Number built
- 36,163