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| | Lavochkin La-7 |
 | | By 1943, the La-5 had become a mainstay of the Soviet Air Force (VVS), but its designer, Semyon Lavochkin, felt that it could be improved on. |
 | | Lavochkin began work on an interim fighter, which would replace much, but not all, of the aircraft's frame including the wing spars with metal alloys, but keeping the laminated wood exterior. |
 | | The Lavochkin La-7 was the ultimate wooden Lavochkin fighter, and very likely the best fighter aircraft of the entire war, on either side. |
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