The La-5 is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter from World War
II. The plane was developed in the S.A. design office. Lavochkin as a
development version and successor of the LaGG-3, a wooden low wing with
an in-line engine. It was one of the best fighter planes of the Soviet
aviation and the first to compete on an equal footing with the German
Messerschmitt Bf 109.