La-7戰鬥機

Key facts

Type

Fighter

National origin

Soviet Union

Designer

S.A. Lavochkin Design Bureau

Built by

Plant No.21 ( Gorky ), Plant No.381 ( Moscow ), Plant No.99 ( Ulan-Ude )

Status

Retired

Primary users

Soviet Air Forces Czechoslovak Air Force

Number built

5,753 (+ 582 trainers)

Manufactured

May 1944 - August 1946

Introduction date

June 1944

First flight

1 February 1944 (La-5 mod. 1944)

Retired

1952 ( Soviet Air Forces )

Developed from

Lavochkin La-5