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- Scale: 1:32
- Date: 15.01.2017
- Time Period: WW2
- Markings:
- I-16 type 24, 67th Fighter Regiment, South Front, Summer 1941.
- I-16 type 24, 72d Mixed Regiment of the Northern Fleet Aviation, Summer 1941.
- I-16 type 24, 4th Guard Fighter Regiment of the Baltic Fleet Aviation, Winter–Spring 1942.
- I-16 type 24, 254th Fighter Regiment, Leningrad Front, Summer 1943.
- Model Size: 192 x 282 mm
- Box Size: 410 x 260 x 55 mm
- Number of Details: 115
One of the first monoplane fighter aircraft with retractable landing gear was the I-16, developed in the N.N. Polikarpov Design Bureau.
The maiden flight was in December 30, 1934
“Type 24” modification with an M-63 engine and reinforced chassis was in production in 1939–1940. It was produced in 934 I-16 type 24.
In the summer of 1941, I-16 fighters were the basis of Soviet fighter aviation. They participated in air battles in all sectors of the Soviet-German Front. I-16 fighters were used in combat until mid-1943.