And then what, in your opinion, did Ivan Kozhedub fight on from 1944 to 1945? La-7 received its baptism of fire on June 24, 1944 near Baranovichi. In a dogfight, the pilots of the 176th Guards IAP shot down two German Fw-190s without suffering losses on their part. A total of 5,753 La-7 aircraft were produced before the end of the war