LaGG & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2

by George Mellinger, Jim Laurier (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841766096
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	11/21/2003
Series:	Aircraft of the Aces , #56
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.27(w) x 9.91(h) x 0.23(d)

About the Author

George is a member of the Twin Cities Aero Historians, a group which has been in existence for about 37 years, and which has produced several other internationally known aviation authors. He is also an associate of the Russian Aviation Research Group. This is his second book for Osprey.