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OSPREY AIRCRAF T OF THE ACES

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LaGG & Lavochkin

Aces of World War 2

George Mellinger

SERIES EDITOR: TONY HOLMES

OSPREY AIRCRAF T OF THE ACES

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LaGG & Lavochkin

Aces of World War 2

George Mellinger

SPREY

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First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Osprey Publishing,

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Edited by Tony Holmes

Index by Bob Munro

Page design by Mark Holt

Cover Artwork by Mark Postlethwaite

Aircraft Profiles by Jim Laurier

Scale Drawings by Mark Styling

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Front Cover

On 19 February 1945, 176 GIAP’s Ivan Kozhedub and his wingman, Dmitrii Titarenko, were ‘free hunting’ near the frontline. Flying

south of Frankfurt at an altitude of some 3500 metres, they spotted an aircraft following the River Oder at a speed equal to the

maximum performance of their Lavochkin La-7 fighters – one of the fastest piston-engined fighters of World War 2. Their foe

was evidently an Me 262 jet fighter. Kozhedub whipped his aircraft around and set off in pursuit at full speed. The pilot of the

Messerschmitt seemed to be unaware of the danger behind him, trusting in the unrivalled performance of his aircraft, and thus

neglecting to check his tail. Wringing every bit of speed from his machine, Kozhedub gradually closed the distance and tried to

manoeuvre behind and slightly below the Me 262 so that he might at least get a good look at it, if not also open fire. Meanwhile,

he summoned Titarenko. ‘Dima, don’t delay!’

Thanks to his exceptional piloting skill, Kozhedub was able to get onto the tail of the Me 262 and close to within 500 metres of the

jet fighter. However, just as he was about to open fire, a line of tracer suddenly flew past the Messerschmitt. Titarenko, diving down

from above, had impatiently opened fire! Kozhedub cursed his wingman’s mistake – the sort of thing you might expect of a novice,

but not an old hand like Titarenko. The plan was ruined. The German, suddenly alerted by the green tracer rounds whizzing past him

from Titarenko’s La-7, inexplicably broke to the left and flew in Kozhedub’s direction. The distance between the two aircraft rapidly

closed, allowing the Russian ace to hit the Me 262 hard with an accurate burst of fire, causing it to break up in flight. Kozhedub (

who had just claimed kill number 58) later discovered that the pilot of the Messerschmitt fighter was Unteroffizier Kurt Lange of

1./KG(J) 54. (Cover

artwork by Mark Postlethwaite)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

LaGG-3 – THE ORIGINAL 6

CHAPTER TWO

La-5 – THE BREED IMPROVES 30

CHAPTER THREE

La-7 – BEST OF THE BREED 71

APPENDICES 86

C O L O U R P L AT E S C O M M E N TA R Y 9 2

INDEX 96

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