Polikarpov I-16. A Soviet fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Watercolor by Joan Mañé

The Polikarpov I-16. A Soviet fighter aircraft of revolutionary design: world’s first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear. Introduced in the mid-1930s and formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the beginning of World War II. Watercolor by Joan Mañé

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