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Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War Free Encyclopedia FREE LAVOCHKIN FIGHTERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR PDF Jason Nicholas Moore | 240 pages | 08 Jul 2016 | Fonthill Media | 9781781555149 | English | Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War by Jason Nicholas Moore | Book The Lavochkin fighters remain little known in Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War West, although with the Yakovlev fighter series they were the backbone of the Red Air Force fighter force during the Second World War. The author rectifies that with this comprehensive history of these fighters. With this book he describes in great detail the three main variants of the Lavochkin fighter series during the Second World War: the only partially successful LaGG-3 inline-engined fighter, the successful radial-engined La-5 fighter, and the superb radial engined La-7 fighter, one of the best piston-engined fighter aircraft of the entire Second World War. Both the design and history of these fighters are featured, including how the mediocre inline engined LaGG-3 was turned into Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War top notch fighter by the replacement of the Klimov inline engine by the Shvetsov M radial engine. Besides describing the wartime designs he includes a section on the postwar successors to the Second World War fighters, the completely new all metal La-9 and La, which saw extensive postwar service. Accurate color profiles illustrate all variants. Aberdeen Bookstore. You are here: Books : Eastern Front. Shopping cart is empty. This catalog has no sub-catalogs. This product has no related products. Add to Favorites or Tell A Friend. All Rights Reserved. Online Shop. About Us. Contact Us. Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. The Lavochkin fighters remain little known in the West, although with the Yakovlev fighter series they were the backbone of the Red Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War Force fighter force during the Second World War. The author rectifies that with this comprehensive history of these fighters. With this book he describes in great detail the three main variants of the Lavochkin fighter series Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War the Second World War: the only partially successful LaGG-3 inline-engined fighter, the successful radial-engined La-5 fighter, and the superb radial engined La-7 fighter, one of the best piston-engined fighter aircraft of the entire Second World War. Both the design and history of these fighters are featured, including how the mediocre inline engined LaGG-3 was turned into a top notch fighter by the replacement of the Klimov inline engine by the Shvetsov M radial engine. Besides describing the wartime designs he includes a section on the postwar successors to the Second World War fighters, the completely new all metal La-9 and La, which saw extensive postwar service. Accurate color profiles illustrate all variants. This website requires cookies to provide all of its features. For more information on what data is contained in the cookies, please see our Cookie Policy. To accept cookies from this site, please click the Allow Cookies button below. List of aircraft of World War II - Wikipedia The list of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries which were at war during World War II from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them. Aircraft developed but not used operationally in the war are in the prototypes section at the end. Prototypes for aircraft that entered service under a different design number are ignored in favour of the service version. The date the aircraft entered service, or was first flown if the service date is unknown or it did not enter service follows the name, followed by the country of origin and major wartime users. Aircraft used for multiple roles are generally only listed under their primary role unless specialized versions were built for other roles in significant numbers. Aircraft used by neutral countries such as SpainSwitzerland and Sweden or countries which did no significant fighting such as most of those in South America are not included. Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft were frequently specially modified variants of high performance aircraft, usually fighters or bombers. Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War trainers are used for basic flight training while advanced trainers were used for familiarization with the more complex systems and higher speeds of combat aircraft, and for air combat training. Multi-engined trainers were used to prepare pilots for multi-engine bombers and transports, and to train navigators, bombardiers, gunners and flight engineers. Most nations used obsolete combat types for advanced training, although Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War scale training programs such as the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan BCATP required more aircraft than were available and aircraft were designed and built specifically to fulfill training roles. Intermediate trainers were used in several countries but additional hours at the primary stage made them redundant. Prototypes were aircraft that were intended to enter service but did not, either due to changing requirements, failing to meet requirements, other problems, or the end of the war. If the aircraft was deployed to regular squadrons or used in an operational capacity other than evaluation, it should be listed above under its appropriate type. Napkinwaffe - paper projects and aircraft that first flew after the war are not included. Aircraft intended to prove a concept or idea and which were not intended or suitable for military service. Does not include operational Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War modified for experimental purposes. From Wikipedia, Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War free encyclopedia. Wikipedia list article. Archived from the original on 25 January Retrieved 6 February Slovakaf in Slovak. Archived from the original on Retrieved Andrade, John M. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since England: Midland Counties Publications. Camelio, Paul; Shores, Christopher Francillon, Rene J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. Aero Pictorials 3. Griffin, John A. Publication No. Ottawa: Queen's Printer. Gunston, Bill Aircraft of World War 2. London: Octopus Books. Jones, Lloyd S. Fighters Army-Air Force to Mondey, David London: Bounty Books. Munson, Kenneth London: Peerage Books. Smith, J. Richard; Kay, Anthony L. German Aircraft of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Swanborough, Gordon; Peter, Bowers US Navy Aircraft Since Hidden categories: CS1 Slovak- language sources sk Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Commons category link is on Wikidata. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar. Grumman Goblin [notes 1]. Kawasaki Ki [notes 2]. Boeing P Peashooter. Curtiss-Wright CW Demon. Dewoitine D. Grumman F8F Bearcat [notes 3] [notes 4]. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG Mitsubishi A5M Lavochkin Fighters of the Second World War 3] [notes 5]. Mitsubishi A6M Zero [notes 3]. Morane-Saulnier M. Nakajima A6M2-N floatplane fighter. North American P Mustang. Republic P Thunderbolt. Supermarine Seafire [notes 3]. Bell YFM-1 Airacuda [notes 2] flying cruiser. Boulton Paul Defiant turret fighter. Bristol Blenheim night fighter. Douglas P Havoc night fighter. Fairey Firefly [notes 6]. Fairey Fulmar [notes 3]. Focke-Wulf Ta night fighter. Grumman F7F Tigercat carrier night fighter. Kawasaki Ki twin-engine fighter. Lockheed P Lightning. Mitsubishi Ki bomber interceptor. Northrop P Black Widow night fighter. Westland Welkin high altitude interceptor. Westland Whirlwind. Lockheed P Shooting Star. Messerschmitt Me rocket interceptor. Ryan FR Fireball mixed power carrier fighter. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. Boeing B Flying Fortress. Boeing B Superfortress. Consolidated B Dominator. Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer maritime patrol. Dornier Do 11 [notes 9]. Fiat BR. Focke-Wulf Fw Condor maritime patrol. Keystone B-3A [notes 13]. Netherlands, [1] Philippines, Thailand [2]. North American B Mitchell. Italy, Germany [notes 14]..
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