PROFILE # 122

THE POLIKARPOV I-16

(WITOLD LISS)

This series was started back in the early 1960s and takes the form of a small format, soft cover booklet with 12 or more pages.  Illustrations are generally black & white photographs (though some later ones had some colour) with two or more pages of colour profiles.  In addition, summaries of aircraft specification, performance and armament are detailed.  Many of these booklets can still be a useful reference tool and are highly sought-after little books are an invaluable resource for aviation historians, modellers, and collectors alike.

Contents:

            A 5-View Colour Illustration of Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 in V.-V.S., Winter Scheme, Russia, 1941-42

            Design History and Development

          Pick-A-Back Fighters

          Major I-16 Variants

          The I-16 in Service

          Structure and Specification – Polokarpov I-16 Type 24B

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, staples rusty but sound, and pages secured.  Light rubbing is evident along the length of the spine crease however there is light marking to the front cover page (see photograph).  Light ink staining on back cover page from the front page of copy stored below it; common on these early publications where the pink / red ink from the front cover page wasn’t 100% sealed.

Publication:  1966