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Lagg & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2

Lagg & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2

Mellinger, George
Styling, Mark
Postlethwaite, Mark

Paperback

Series: Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey), Book 56

Air CombatRussian HistoryWorld War II

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ISBN10: 1841766097
ISBN13: 9781841766096
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: Nov 21 2003
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.35 Width: 7.26 Depth: 9.74
Language: English
This book examines the LaGG family of fighters, that were amongst the first modern piston-engined interceptors made available to the Red Air Forces in early 1941and proved far better fighters than their radial-engined predecessors. Despite technical maladies and political interference from Moscow, the LaGG-3 matured into an effective fighter when flown to its strengths at low level. Many early Soviet aces were weaned on the LaGG-3, and if they survived the early massacres of 1941-42, they went on to fly the Lavochkin family of fighters. Indeed, the Lavochkin La-3, -5 and -7 were the fighters of choice for Heroes of the Soviet Union such as Ivan Kozhedub, who claimed 62 kills.

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