Spain WW2 Trench Art Polikarpov I-16 Ishak Fighter Aircraft Spanish Civil War 1936 1939 Republican Forces

SPAIN - Soviet Union: Trench art model of the 
Soviet Polikarpov I-16 Ishak fighter aircraft.
The fuselage and the wings of the airplane are 
made of artillery shell parts. 
Note the details of the engine, the wings and of 
the landing system. 
The I-16 was introduced in the mid-1930s and 
formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at 
the beginning of World War II. 
The I-16 fighter, nicknamed "Ishak" ("Donkey") 
by Soviet pilots, participated in the Second Sino-
Japanese War and the Spanish Civil War where 
it was called the Rata ("Rat") by the Nationalists 
or Mosca ("Fly") by the Republicans.
The Finnish nickname for the I-16 was Siipiorava 
("Flying Squirrel"). 
Dimensions: 15cm x 16 cm x 6cm

Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939 & WW2 1939 - 1940

Item 100% original

Condition as on the photos

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