Posted on July 4, 2021July 11, 2021 by Erik Chipchase qsy-complains-a-lot: Soviet Air Force recruitment poster c.1941
Posted on June 9, 2021June 13, 2021 by Erik Chipchase Polikarpov I-16 is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world’s first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status.The Soviet Union sold I-16s to the Spanish Republic.Polikarpov I-16 of Antonio Arias Arias, commander of the 4th squadron.