VEF I-16

VEF I-16
General information
Typefighter
ManufacturerValsts Elektrotechniska Fabrika (VEF), Riga, Latvia
Designer
Number built1 (in some sources 3)
History
First flight1940
Retired1942

The VEF I-16 was a prototype Latvian fighter aircraft designed by Kārlis Irbītis and produced by VEF in 1939. Development was halted by the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 and the subsequent purge of VEF personnel.