Semyon Lavochkin (1900–1960)

Born 1900 CE, died 1960 CE.

Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin (Russian: Семён Алексе́евич Ла́вочкин; 11 September 1900 – 9 June 1960) was a Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau. Many of his fighter designs were produced in large numbers for Soviet forces during World War II.

Text from the Wikipedia article Semyon_Lavochkin, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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