KOCHYERIGIN

Sergei Aleksandrovich Kochyerigin fought as pilot 1914-17 yet survived Revolution to become chief deputy to Polikarpov at OOS spring 1926. In 1930 head of recon brigade at CCB, with prolific and varied output even though never had his own OKB. LR and LR-2 were major redesigns of R-5; DI-6 2-seat fighter (his best-known design) served in various versions (about 330, 1935-8); SR and R-9 were modern recon/fighter/bomber monoplanes; BSh-1 and PS-43 were derived from Vultee V-11; and OPB-41 (1941) was dive-bomber able to reach 373-mph with 500-kg bomb.

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