Polikarpov I-153 Chaika

The Museum's 1938 Polikarpov I-153 was found in a swamp outside of Murmansk. It once flew with the 2nd Aviation Fighter Squadron of the Northern Navy. It was restored in Russia in 1998.

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Polikarpov I-153
Chaika

The Polikarpov I-153 was developed as an advanced version of the I-15, with a retractable undercarriage, The I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts in 1939 in Mongolia and was one of the Soviets' major fighter types in the early years of the World War II.

 
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