U-2/Po-2. WWII Soviet Multi-Purpose Aircraft. ICM 72244

U-2/Po-2VS. WWII Soviet light night bomber. Plastic model kit.

Plastic model kit. Includes decal sheet.

One of the most numerous and famous aircraft in the wolrd aviation history was the Polikarpov U-2. It was designed as the basic training aircraft. The maiden flight was in June 1927. Since early 30s, U-2 became the real "flying deck" for thousands of Soviet pilots. During WWII, U-2 were succesfully used, in particularly, as ambulance aircrafts with special pods of different types. In 1944, after N.N. Polikarpov death, the plane was renamed to the PO-2.