1/32 ICM I-16 Type 24 WWII Soviet Fighter 32001

• 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.