Lavochkin LaGG-3

The LaGG-3 was a piston-engine powered pursuit fighter made by Soviets during World War 2. In 1938 Soviets Semyon Lavochkin, Vladimir Gorbunov and Mikhail Gudkov established a design bureau named LaGG where the LaGG in the designation came from “Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov”. Initially, they came up with an air-superiority fighter, aimed at the altitudes … Read more