The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 (Russian: Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.
Although not very successful, it formed the basis for a series of aircraft that would eventually become some of the most formidable Soviet fighters of the war.
It was designed as a light-weight aircraft around the Klimov M-105 engine and built out of laminated wood to save on strategic materials.
By this stage, however, the need to modernise the Soviet Air Force had been made plain by recent losses in the Winter War with Finland, and the aircraft, initially designated I-22 was ordered into production.
Furthermore, while the prototypes were carefully handmade and finished, the mass-produced examples were comparatively crude.