La-5F Soviet fighter aircraft of the Red Army Air Force in flight

La-5F Soviet fighter aircraft of the Red Army Air Force in flight

Feb 2, 2017 #Red Army

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In flight, the Soviet La-5F fighter aircraft of the Red Army Air Force of the Soviet Union. Eastern Front, the Second World War in Europe.

In the cockpit of La-5F fighter is the Soviet test pilot Viktor Rastorguev.
La-5F is a single-engined fighter, designed by OKB-21 under the leadership of S. A. Lavochkin in 1942 in the city of Gorky. The aircraft was a single-seat monoplane solid wood design with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. The original name is “LaGG-5“.

 

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