Polikarpov I-15
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The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, "Seagull") because of its gulled upper wings,[2][3] it was operated in large numbers by the Soviet Air Force, and together with the Polikarpov I-16 monoplane, was one of the standard fighters of the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, where it was called Chato (snub-nose).[4]
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Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Polikarpov |
Designer | Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov |
First flight | October 1933 |
Introduction | 1934 |
Status | retired |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force Spanish Republican Air Force Chinese Nationalist Air Force Mongolian People's Army Air Force |
Produced | 1934–1937[1] |
Number built | 3,313 (plus 3,437 I-153)[1] |
Developed from | Polikarpov I-5 |
Variants | Polikarpov I-153 |
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