The scramble for German aircraft technology

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Historian Hermione Giffard tells Quentin Cooper how the early Soviet MiG jet fighters incorporated advanced German and British World War 2 technology, something that made them formidable adversaries of the West just a few years later during the Korean war. Photo: USSR Soviet Union - Air Force Mikoyan MiG-15 Fagot climbing out after take-off. (Getty Images)