List of Soviet aircraft in World War II

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Fighters[edit]

Aircraft Engine Top
speed
Range Ceiling Armament
7.62 mm /
.30-cal.
12.7 mm /
.50-cal.
Cannon
Bell P-39 Airacobra United States Inline V-12: Allison 389 mph [CONVERT] 525 mi [CONVERT] 35,000 ft [CONVERT] 4 1 × 37 mm
Bell P-63 Kingcobra United States Inline V-12: Allison 410 mph 450 mi 43,000 ft 4 1 × 37mm
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk United States Inline V-12: Allison 345 mph 800 mi 29,100 ft 4 2
Hawker Hurricane United Kingdom Inline V-12: Rolls-Royce 328 mph 465 mi 35,600 ft 12
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 Inline V-12: Klimov 376 mph 345 mi 31,490 ft 2 1 × 23mm
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Inline V-12: Klimov 366 mph 620 mi 31,800 ft 2 1 × 20mm
Lavochkin La-5 Radial 14-cyl: Shvetsov 403 mph 475 mi 36,000 ft
Lavochkin La-7 Radial 14-cyl: Shvetsov 411 mph 395 mi 34,280 ft
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 Inline V-12: Mikulin 408 mph 360 mi 39,000 ft 2 1
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Inline V-12: Mikulin 400 mph 510 mi 39,000 ft 2 1
Petlyakov Pe-3 Inline V-12 × 2: Klimov 330 mph 1336 mi 29,900 ft 1 3 1 × 20mm
Polikarpov I-15 biplane Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 228 mph 320 mi 32,200 ft 4
Polikarpov I-153 biplane Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 185 mph 290 mi 35,100 ft 4
Polikarpov I-16 Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 288 mph 497 mi 31,800 ft 2 2 × 20mm
Polikarpov I-185 Radial 18-cyl: Shvetsov 390 mph 519 mi 36,000 ft 3 × 20mm
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt United States Radial 18-cyl: Pratt & Whitney 426 mph 1030 mi 42,000 ft 8
Supermarine Spitfire United Kingdom Inline V-12: Rolls-Royce 408 mph 434 mi 43,000 ft 4 2
Yakovlev Yak-1 Inline V-12: Klimov 348 mph 430 mi 32,500 ft 2 1 × 20mm
Yakovlev Yak-3 Inline V-12: Klimov 401 mph 340 mi 34,100 ft 2 1 × 20mm
Yakovlev Yak-7 Inline V-12: Klimov 308 mph 400 mi 31,200 ft 2 1 × 20mm
Yakovlev Yak-9 Inline V-12: Klimov 371 mph 870 mi 32,750 ft 1 1 × 37mm

Bomber and Attack Aircraft[edit]

Aircraft Engine Top
speed
Range Ceiling Bombload Armament
7.62mm /
.30-cal.
12.7mm /
.50-cal.
Cannon
Arkhangelsky Ar-2 Inline V-12 × 2: Klimov 313 mph 621 mi 34,400 ft 1500 kg
De Havilland Mosquito United Kingdom mph mi ft kg
Douglas A-20 Havoc United States Radial xx-cyl. × 2: Wright 350 mph 945 mi 28,600 ft 1089 kg
Handley Page Hampden United Kingdom Radial 9-cyl. × 2: Bristol 247 mph 1720 mi 19,000 ft 1800 kg
Ilyushin DB-3 Radial 9-cyl. × 2: Nazarov 273 mph 2400 mi 31,500 ft 2500 kg
Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik Inline V-12: Mikulin 250 mph 475 mi 14,846 ft 600 kg
Ilyushin Il-4 mph mi ft kg
Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik Inline V-12: Mikulin 342 mph 500 mi 18,000 ft 600 kg
North American B-25 Mitchell United States mph mi ft kg
Petlyakov Pe-2 mph mi ft kg
Petlyakov Pe-8 mph mi ft kg
Polikarpov Po-2 mph mi ft kg
Sukhoi Su-2 mph mi ft kg
Tupolev SB mph mi ft kg
Tupolev TB-3 mph mi ft kg
Tupolev Tu-2 mph mi ft kg
Yakovlev Yak-2 mph mi ft kg
Yakovlev Yak-4 mph mi ft kg
Yermolayev Yer-2 mph mi ft kg

Sources[edit]

  • Angelucci, Enzo; Matricardi, Paolo (1977). World War II Airplanes. Vol. 2. Chicago: Rand McNally. ISBN 0-528-88171-X.
  • Ward, Edward (2021). Russian Aircraft of World War II: 1939 - 1945. London: Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-83886-083-7.