Polikarpov 1-15 & 1-153 Aces

Informationen zum Autor Mikhail Maslov is a certified aviation engineer and an employee of the N E Zhukovsky Memorial Museum. He has written a number of articles and books on the history of Russian and Soviet aviation, including the monographs The I-16 Fighter, The I-15 Fighter, The I-15bis Fighter and The I-153 Fighter. Klappentext The I-15, I-16 and I-153 fighters were the world's first mass-produced fighters. Some 17,000 Polikarpovs had been manufactured by the time production ceased in 1941. They served with the Republicans in the Spain, the Chinese against Japan in 1937-38, and the Soviets against both Japan in the Nomonhan Incident and Finland during the Winter War. By 1941, more than 20 Soviet pilots had made ace in Polikarpovs, and many more attained that status during the first months of the German invasion. Though thoroughly outclassed, the Polikarpov was the backbone of the Soviet air force during the early months of the war in the east, and continued to serve, as training aircraft and as frontline fighters, some right through to 1945.From the heat of Spain to the frozen wastelands of Finland, this book reveals the combat stories of the pilots who flew the Polikarpov fighters from 1936 until the end of World War II. Zusammenfassung The I-15, I-16 and I-153 fighters were the world's first mass-produced fighters. Some 17,000 Polikarpovs had been manufactured by the time production ceased in 1941. They served with the Republicans in the Spain, the Chinese against Japan in 1937-38, and the Soviets against both Japan in the Nomonhan Incident and Finland during the Winter War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction CHAPTER ONE SPANISH CIVIL WAR CHAPTER TWO SWALLOWS OVER CHINA CHAPTER THREE KHALKHIN GOL CHAPTER FOUR WINTER WAR CHAPTER FIVE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR Appendices Colour plates commentary Index

Product details

• Authors: Mikhail Maslov, Maslov Mikhail, Maslov Mikhail
• Assisted by: Mark Postlethwaite (Illustration), Postlethwaite Mark (Illustration), Tony Holmes (Editor)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2010
• EAN: 9781846039812
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-981-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Aircraft Of The Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Air forces and warfare