A comprehensive study of forgotten Soviet heavy fighter aircraft projects, prototypes and experimental designs developed between the interwar period and the early Cold War era.

Soviet Heavy Fighter Aircraft 1926-1949

“Soviet Heavy Fighter Aircraft 1926–1949” is a richly illustrated reference work devoted to Soviet twin-engine and heavy fighter aircraft projects developed from the 1920s through the aftermath of World War II.

The book presents numerous rare and often forgotten aircraft designs created by Soviet engineers such as Polikarpov, Sukhoi, Yakovlev, Petlyakov, Mikoyan-Gurevich and Ilyushin. Many of the projects featured innovative and unconventional technical solutions that never reached mass production due to wartime realities and limitations of Soviet industry.

This publication is considered the first comprehensive Polish study dedicated entirely to Soviet heavy fighter development. It covers experimental prototypes, unrealized concepts and combat aircraft projects that played an important role in the evolution of Soviet military aviation.

An excellent reference for collectors, aviation historians and enthusiasts of Soviet aircraft, prototype aviation and WWII military technology.

Details:

• Author: Dariusz Paduch
• Publisher: Napoleon V
• Language: Polish, summary in English
• Year of publication: 2017
• Cover: Hardcover
• Pages: 176, richly illustrated
• Dimensions: 21.5 × 31.5 cm
• Weight: 0.95 kg

Condition:

• New

Table of Contents (translated from Polish):

• From the Author – p. 5
• Grochowski G-52 – p. 7
• Air Cruisers – p. 11
• Grochowski G-38 – p. 44
• Polikarpov WIT (MPI, SWB) – p. 46
• Tairov OKO-6 – p. 54
• Bisnowat SK-3 – p. 63
• Chetverikov PPI (CZE-1) – p. 67
• Petlyakov Twin-Engine Fighters – p. 69
• Polikarpov TIS – p. 94
• Grushin GR-1 (IDS) – p. 102
• Yefremov SI-1 – p. 105
• Izakson “104” – p. 108
• Yakovlev I-29 – p. 110
• Sukhoi IOP – p. 112
• Unrealized Sukhoi Twin-Engine Fighter Projects – p. 117
• Bolkhovitinov I-1 – p. 122
• Beriev B-10 – p. 125
• Kocherigin IT (IT-2) – p. 128
• Kocherigin DIS-2AM-37 – p. 130
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-5 – p. 132
• Belyayev OI-2 – p. 137
• Kurbala IS – p. 145
• Borovkov-Florov D – p. 148
• Pelenberg Fighter – p. 151
• Ilyushin IL-2 / IL-1 – p. 153
• Myasishchev DIS – p. 157
• Heavy Fighters Based on the Tupolev TU-2 Bomber – p. 160
• Alekseyev I-211-2ASH-83 – p. 174
• List of Abbreviations – p. 177
• Bibliography – p. 178

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