Polikarpov I-5
The Polikarpov I-5 was a single-seat biplane which became the primary Soviet fighter between its introduction in 1931 through 1936, after which it became the standard advanced trainer. Following Operation Barbarossa, which destroyed much of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS), surviving I-5s were equipped with four machine guns and bomb racks and pressed into service as light ground-attack aircraft and night bombers in 1941. They were retired in early 1942 as Soviet aircraft production began to recover and modern ground-attack aircraft like the Ilyushin Il-2 became available. A total of 803 built (including 3 prototypes).
Q223818
biplane
Concept
Q15180
Soviet
LOC
Q127771
fighter
Concept
Q83055
Operation Barbarossa
EVE
Q921432
Soviet Air Forces
ORG
Q208187
ground-attack aircraft
Concept
Q211443
Ilyushin Il-2
MISC
Q207977
prototype
Concept
Q1188481
Polikarpov I-5
MISC
1931-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1931
DATE
1936-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1936
DATE
1941-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1941
DATE
1942-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1942
DATE
-5^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-5
NUMBER
-5^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-5
NUMBER
-2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-2
NUMBER
+3^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
3
NUMBER
country
item operated
service retirement