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The Yakovlev Yak-9 (Russian: Яковлев Як-9; NATO reporting name: Frank) [2] is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War.
The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Russian: Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) [2] was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war, [ 3 ] it also proved successful as a heavy fighter , as a night fighter ( Pe-3 variant) and as a ...
The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long-range heavy fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 high-speed dive bomber used by the Soviet Union during World War II.. Its design and use followed a comparable path to those taken by the German Luftwaffe with the Junkers Ju 88 and the British Royal Air Force with the De Havilland Mosquito.
Aircraft Engine Top speed Range Ceiling Bombload Armament 7.62mm /.30-cal. 12.7mm /.50-cal. Cannon Arkhangelsky Ar-2: Inline V-12 × 2: Klimov 313 mph 621 mi 34,400 ft 1500 kg De Havilland Mosquito: mph mi ft kg Douglas A-20 Havoc: Radial xx-cyl. × 2: Wright 350 mph 945 mi 28,600 ft 1089 kg Handley Page Hampden: Radial 9-cyl. × 2: Bristol 247 ...
The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-3) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a refinement of the earlier LaGG-1 and was one of the most modern aircraft available to the Soviet Air Force at the time of Germany's invasion in 1941. Compared to its opponents the LaGG-3 was ...
The Lavochkin La-7 (Russian: Лавочкин Ла-7; NATO reporting name: Fin) [2] was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun with the LaGG-1 in 1938.
In early 1941, the Soviet Union issued a requirement for a new high-altitude fighter aircraft to counter enemy high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft such as the Junkers Ju 86. [1] [2] However, it was not until late 1942 that a contract for two prototypes was placed with the Mikoyan and Gurevich OKB, which began work on Samolet A (Aircraft A).
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