Picked up this statement reading about the LA-9..
>From 1946 the La-9 was quickly seen in the USSR and East Germany and acquired the NATO reporting name 'Fritz'. Production amounted to 1,630 units. A UTI version rapidly followed. Examples were also operated by Chinese and North Korean units. Although the age of the piston fighter was in decline at the outbreak of the Korean War, the La-9 served in combat had had some notable successes. Like opposing piston aircraft, many were turned to ground attack and on June 17, 1953 La-9s participating in a 'Bed Check Charlie' raid on Inchon harbour succeeded in destroying fuel tanks containing some five million gallons of fuel.
Did the Russians, Chinese, NK utilize these planes more then our history is telling us?
Dan Fahey