Polikarpov I-16 ve Spanielsku / Polikarpov I16 in Spain (Jiri Jakab 9788087350713)

Category Aviation Books, Subcategory WW2 Soviet Aircraft, ISBN/Box 9788087350713, Series Aero 44, Publisher Jiri Jakab, Author Jiri Jakab, Format a4, No. Pages 36, Version sb, Language Czech

The literally legendary Spanish Civil War aircraft included the Soviet single-fighter Polikarpov I-16. She became generally known under the infamous name attributed to her by the Spanish nationalists during this bloody conflict: Rata (rat). In the years 1935 and 1936, he could boldly aspire to the position of the state-of-the-art mass-produced fighter-type world. Until production stopped in 1942, an estimated 10,292 examples of all versions were produced, including the UTI-2 and UTI-4 exercises. Here we will deal with fighter variants serving from November 1936 to March 1939 on the Iberian Peninsula in the colors of the Spanish Republican Air Force. The Soviets delivered a total of 276 Polikarpov I-16s to Spain during the conflict.