Squadron Signal - Aircraft In Action 1163 LaGG Fighters
The LaGG-3 was one of a trio of modern fighters which had been developed under emergency conditions by the Soviets to replace the obsolete standard Soviet Air Force fighters - the Polikarpov I-16 and 1-153. For the Kremlin it was a race against the time, since it had become clear that Adolf Hitler would sooner or later fulfill his dream of having Lebensraum (living space) in the East, beyond Soviet borders.
The first LaGG-3s reached Fighter Aviation Regiments in limited numbers during 1941 -just a few months before the German attack (22 June 1941). The LaGG-3 fought in every major campaign, from the Caucasus in the South to the Baltic Sea in the North and many Soviet aces claimed their first kills flying the LaGG-3.
The LaGG-3 was soon outclassed by the more advanced Yakovlev fighter series, but a total of 6.528 aircraft had left the Slate Aircraft Factories before production ended in September of 1943. Based on numbers built, the LaGG-3 was one of the most successful fighter designs built during the first year of the War.
LaGG Fighters in Action (Aircraft Number 163)
Publisher: Squadron / Signal Publications Inc 1996
Автор: Hans-Heiri Stapfer
Язык: English
ISBN: 0897476347
Кол-во страниц: 52
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15,6 Mb
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