Encyclopaedia of Soviet Fighters 1939-1951 : Piston-Engines of Mixed Power-Plants (Studies, Projects, Prototypes Series and Variants)

The Soviet aircraft industry of the 1940-1950 period has been incredibly productive, while Russian manufacturers, stimulated by the huge needs stressed by World War Two, competed with each other in design and creativeness. This book offers an exhaustive coverage, by chronological order which is one of its original features every single Soviet fighter of the period, from obscure projects which did no go off the drawing table, to the best known mass-produced models.