Russian fighter 3. Ace Aleksandr Pokryshkin
Ark Models 48015

Dimensions: 172 (length) * 213 (wingspan)
No. of parts: 121

Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin was the WWII Soviet Air Force fighter pilot rated second in terms of enemy aircraft downed. The future ace, who was awarded the top Soviet military award – the title of Hero of the Soviet Union – three times, scored his first kill on the Mikoyan-Gurevich 3 fighter by shooting down a Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf.109 in June 23, 1941. A. I. Pokryshkin flew his Mikoyan-Gurevich 3 (side number 5) as part of the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Air Defense Force in 1941-1942. During the war, Pokryshkin made 650 sorties, conducted 156 air battles and shot down 59 enemy aircraft personally and 6 as part of a package.