The IIyushin IL-4 was known as a forgotten bomber of the Second World War in the west. Although it formed the majority of Soviet bomber wings and was produced in excess of 5,000 examples. The system performed admirably well and was part of a sound design through a poor defensive armament array ultimately led to high and unacceptable losses to the extent that production was completed by 1944.
The Lavochkin La-5 was a series of low-to-medium altitude fighters was spurred on by a need for equipment capable of matching or exceeding anything the German Luftwaffe was fielding. Initially caught by the surprise by the German incursion of 1941, Soviet Forces were found to be ill-equipped to even defend their soil against the might of the perfected Blitzkrieg.