Early Soviet Jet Fighters

•Original project documents
•New information on experimental aircraft
•Contains projects developed by the OKBs
By the end of the Second World War the USA, Great Britain and Germany had developed viable jet fighters. In contrast, the Soviet Union lagged behind although at the end of the war, captured German jet aircraft and engines enabled the USSR to reverse engineer the technology. In 1946, the British Labour government gifted the Soviets the latest in propulsion technology, the Rolls-Royce Nene and Derwent V engines and by the end of the 1940s Soviet industry had caught up with the West.